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WEDNESDAY 9. 4 Forgotten B&W Murder Mysteries Double Feature
First Friday in Starland
The PFS has paired two little-known, shorter-than-average B&W murder mysteries from the late 1950s and early 1960s . 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. $7
FRI 9.6
A monthly art walk featuring galleries, restaurants, boutiques and more. first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Starland District, 40th and Bull. Free
Wet Nose Wednesday
Bring your well-behaved furry canine friends in for treats provided by Woof Gang Bakery. first Wednesday of every month, 5 p.m. Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St.
THURSDAY 9. 5 Beverly Willett Book Launch Hosted by E Shaver Booksellers
Jerry Seinfeld
Beverly Willett will have a reading of her memoir, “Disassembly Required.” 6-8 p.m. 24e, 24 E. Broughton St.
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Seinfeld has been hailed for his uncanny ability to joke about the little things in life that relate to audiences everywhere. His latest projects include the Emmy nominated web series, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and his Netflix special Jerry Before Seinfeld. Seinfeld continues to perform both nationally and internationally. 7-9pm Savannah Civic Center 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave http://savannahcivic.com/
Cabaret Series: Smooth Jazz
John “Tiz” Tisbert trumpet/vocals, Bill Smith guitar, Tony “T-Bone” Jackson trombone, Cyril Durant keys, Robert Saunders drums, Jane Ogle vocals. 8 p.m. Victory North, 2603 Whitaker Street. $20-$50
Film: Gone with the Wind
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Winner of 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress. 7 p.m. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $10 9124724790. info@tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater.showare.com/
Jerry Seinfeld
The comedy legend performs in Savannah. 7 p.m. Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave.
Savannah Jazz: A Panel Discussion on the History of Jazz in Savannah
The program will be moderated by former Savannah Mayor, Dr. Otis S. Johnson and features four notable local musicians and educators. 6 p.m. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. Free and open to the public
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Savannah LGBTQ+ Town Hall Meeting
FCN, Pride, Jeffrey’s Place, and the Savannah LGBT Center will merge to form the First City Pride Center (FCPC), effective January 1, 2020. 7 p.m. First City Network, 307 E Harris St.
FRIDAY 9. 6 Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Celebration
The image of John, Paul George and Ringo walking the London crosswalk is perhaps the most famous album cover of all time. 8 p.m. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. $25/$30 9124724790. info@tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater.showare.com/
Film: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
This documentary on Toni Morrison features the iconic master-novelist at 87, just months before her recent passing. Presented by CinemaSavannah. 6:30 p.m. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. $10, cash preferred
- First Friday Fireworks Celebrate the end of the week and the beginning of a new month with First Friday Fireworks, presented by Wet Willie’s. first Friday of every month, 9:30 p.m. Rousakis Plaza, River St. Free info@riverstreetsavannah.com.
First Friday for Folk Music
Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society. September’s performers are Kellie Parr and the Fractions. first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. $5 donation 912-401-1900. patmooneylcsw@bellsouth. net. savannahfolk.org
First Friday in Starland
A monthly art walk featuring galleries, restaurants, boutiques and more. first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Starland District, 40th and Bull. Free
d Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” 8 p.m. The Loft on Liberty, 215 W. Liberty St. $10 oddlotimprov@gmail.com. oddlot.lol
Savannah Brewers Collaboration
Try local and specialty collab beers from Coastal Empire Brewing Co., Moon River Brewing, Service, Southbound and Two Tides. 5 p.m. Crystal Beer Parlor, 301 West Jones St.
SATURDAY 9. 7 BBQ Blowout: Football Edition
This family-friendly event will feature college football games, live music, lawn games, in-house smoked BBQ and sides, and drink specials. 11 a.m. Cohen’s Retreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd.
Book Signing with Jen Thomas
Jen Thomas is the author of “Our Hearts are the Same.” 11 a.m. E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St.
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Featuring fantastic dog tricks, one-of-akind stunts, high-flying jumps and wall climbing fun. 3 & 7 p.m. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. Adults $20/$25, Children 12 and under $10/$15 912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org
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Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine. 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Forsyth Park
Healthy Me! 2019
Enjoy a day of healthy living and family fun, showcasing health and wellness programs and a great roster of community partnerships. 10 a.m. Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road. $8
HeroFest
This event will kickoff the annual Light The Night fundraising campaign for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. 3 p.m. Red Gate Farms, 136 Red Gate Farms Trail,. $20 adults, $10 youth
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It’s a Tween Production
This showcase of diversified and talented youth features dance, poetry, music, singing and more. 7 p.m. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. $7 online, $10 door CONTINUES ON P. 6
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Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans
An improv comedy show in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?� Followed by long form comedy. 8 p.m. The Loft on Liberty, 215 W. Liberty St. $10 oddlotimprov@gmail.com. oddlot.lol
Old Crow Medicine Show w/ Charlie Worsham
Old Crow Medicine Show started busking on street corners in 1998 New York state. 8Â p.m. The Savannah Civic Center, 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. $20-$37
Liz Cooper and the Stampede
Whether you see Liz Cooper & The Stampede in a dive bar or a theater venue, you feel like you are being transported to another time and place. 8Â p.m. Victory North, 2603 Whitaker Street. $14
TUESDAY 9.10 Evening @ Skidaway - Hurricane Gliders
UGA Skidaway Institute researcher Catherine Edwards will discuss her work using underwater robots to improve hurricane forecasts. 6:30 p.m. Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Savannah for Morons: The Trolley Ocean Science Circle. Tour Free The tour is hosted by Danny and Johnny 912-598-2325. skio.uga.edu Moron, two local actors, comedians, I Was Born to Be in a Library: Pat and history buffs. Conroy’s Great Love of Libraries 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. Pat Conroy (1945-2016) is synonymous Visitor’s Information Center, 301 MLK Jr. with the lowcountry. Blvd. 5:30 p.m. $33 Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. savannahformorons.com Free and open to the public. Registration Ultimate Tailgate & Bourbon encouraged. Release 912-652-3600. libcal.liveoakpl.org/calendar/ Ghost Coast is set to deliver another programs/conroy limited-edition spirit and they’re teaming up with EmployAbility for the release. Lecture: Remaking History at George Washington’s Birthplace 12-8 p.m. The first lecture will be presented by Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St. facebook.com/events/434615487141294/ Dr. Phillip Levy, History Professor at the University of South Florida. SUNDAY 9. 8 6:30 p.m. The Savannah History Museum, 303 Martin Dance: Senior Moments Luther King, Jr. Blvd. This talented troupe takes decades of Free dance and meld them into a two-hour On the Verge fun-filled show. This performance will feature Bold City 3 p.m. Contemporary Ensemble, a sextet based Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. in the city of Jacksonville. $15 adults, $10 children 12 and under. 7:30-10 a.m. 9124724790. info@tybeeposttheater.org ASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn Lecture: Tena Clark St. Tena Clark will speak about Southern $6 Discomfort, her memoir about growing (912) 344-2801. armstrongboxoffice@georup in the South. giasouthern.edu. 4 p.m. Rightfully Hers Panel Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 Speakers from four organizations will East Charlton Street. discuss the upcoming Georgia legislative Free and open to the public session. MONDAY 9. 9 7 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Inclusivity in Yoga and Wellness: A Ave. Panel Discussion on Access Free, registration requested This panel discussion is inspired by lwvcga.org/ an interest in opening community and industry dialogue. 7 p.m. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.
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Arena project’s trickle-down cost BY JIM MOREKIS
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LAST MONTH during a budget discussion, City Council was told point-blank, by several knowledgeable sources including City Manager Pat Monahan himself, that the City of Savannah is spending more money than it is taking in. “The revenue base is not growing as fast as the expenditure base,” City Budget Director Melissa Carter told them. (I think that’s bureaucrat-ese for “We’re screwed.”) Last week, here’s how your City Council responded to that bleak news:
the entire time, if Arena construction meets serious slowdowns. What kind of slowdowns, you ask? At this late date, the design of the Arena has already gone back to the drawing board for minor changes, even though groundbreaking is scheduled in two weeks. That’s right — we technically don’t even have a final design for the Arena. But we do have a parking lot! The lack of funds right now for an Arena parking garage shouldn’t deceive you into thinking you won’t eventually pay for one. Such a garage could be added to the project list for the next round of SPLOST (Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax), the funding mechanism for the brick-andmortar Arena itself.
Mayor DeLoach’s stance — that Savannah is simply too financially and politically committed to the Arena project to back out now, no matter the cost — might be realistic, but it’s not very reassuring. The issue of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, while paling in comparison cost-wise, is symbolic of growing mistrust of City government with regards to financial stewardship. The Marathon is said to bring in at least a million dollars a year to Savannah, mostly in the form of increased hotel business (and increased revenue from the hotel/motel tax, which among other things funds the operations of Visit Savannah). At issue last week was the comparatively small annual payment of $25,000 from
Why wasn’t parking considered much sooner in the Arena process, when everyone knows parking will probably be the number-one major issue and headache? • Voted to begin paying over $700,000 a year to lease the main parking lot for the new Arena – a lot which won’t be needed for another few years, while the Arena is being built. • Voted to issue $55 million in new bonds to pay for extra costs associated with the Arena and with the Plant Riverside development on West River Street. • Voted to continue paying the for-profit Savannah Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon to come to town. (By far the cheapest expenditure on the list at $75,000 for three years, but arguably indicative of mindset.) A prudent argument can be made that the 2500 spaces in the Arena parking area, which will remain the property of the Tenenbaum family of Chatham Steel fame, needed to be locked up now rather than risk losing the key resource later. Probably true. But the real issue is: Why wasn’t parking considered much sooner in the Arena process, when everyone knows parking will probably be the number-one major issue and headache? Mayor Eddie DeLoach alluded to this during the discussion, when he said probably what was really needed for the Arena was a new parking garage, but that the cost of such a garage is simply not feasible now. (Perhaps because we’re already borrowing to build two other parking garages, the aforementioned Plant Riverside garage and one at Eastern Wharf.) So the stopgap solution is to pay $3.5 million over five years, for a parking lot that conceivably might not be used once
The next round of SPLOST wouldn’t come up for a vote for another six years — which only sounds like a long time until you consider that with cost and schedule overruns the Arena may conceivably still be under construction at that time. Or, the City could just issue more bonds at some point in the future. Either way, as the Mayor himself pointed out, the Arena is on track for additional significant cost overruns. Savannah is going to see and feel the true cost of poor planning. In an accurate but hardly comforting analogy, DeLoach compared Arena cost overruns to the overruns involved with building the Trade Center on Hutchinson Island, which was planned while DeLoach served as a Chatham County Commissioner. “We budgeted $52 million on that job, and then that $52 million got soaked up to $115 million,” he said. In answering Alderman Tony Thomas’s complaints about the lack of planning, DeLoach directed it back to Thomas, who’s been on Council far longer than the Mayor: “It is going to cost at least $165 million to do the Arena. That did not include any parking when y’all did this, y’all had no clue about parking or anything else,” the Mayor scolded Thomas. Alluding to the fact that two previous mayoral administrations backed the Arena project, DeLoach bluntly said, “Mayor Johnson, and Edna, and now us — we’re all in this together.”
City taxpayers to the for-profit Marathon. To be fair, this is down from the original $50,000 per year taxpayers originally awarded the Marathon. It’s a drop in the bucket compared to what the Arena is costing. But some citizens, and a couple of City Council members, object to the idea of paying Marathon organizers when police and public safety expenses for the weekend are already 100 percent on the backs of taxpayers. “I cannot support this and will not go for it,” said Alderman Bill Durrence, who ended up being the only no vote on the three-year contract extension for bringing the Marathon here, through 2021. While the annual payment is more of a symbolic burden than a significant expense, the larger issue with the Marathon — as City Council members said — has to do with the fact that the event was brought here originally to jump-start hotel occupancy in November during the depth of the great recession. A decade later, with tourism booming and the highly successful SCAD Savannah Film Festival usually happening the same weekend as the Marathon, some are wondering if the original rationale is sound. In any case, we know the Marathon will be in Savannah for at least another three years. But we still don’t really know if the Arena will even be in existence then — though we’ll continue to pay for it the whole time. CS
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‘Rightfully Hers’ panel examines issues ahead of Georgia legislative session BY RACHAEL FLORA
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GEORGIA’S next legislative session begins in January. Are you prepared to vote and make your voice heard? The League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia is set to host a special panel to get voters informed and involved prior to the start of the session. “Rightfully Hers,” slated for Sept. 10, will take place at the First Presbyterian 10 Church of Savannah. Panelists include
Carol Nathan, Chair of Issues and Advocacy for the LWVCGA; Staci Fox, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast; LaToya Brannen, Savannah Chapter Organizer of 9to5; and Alex Muir, Advocacy Coordinator for One Hundred Miles. The LWVCGA celebrates 100 years next year and is a nonpartisan organization open to both men and women of any political affiliation. Rebecca Rolfes, president of the LWVCGA, says part of the impetus for the panel was the failure of last year’s legislative session to consider women and their
issues. “Passage of the heartbeat bill, the fact that neither the ERA nor repeal of the tampon tax made it out of committee, the continued disregard for preserving and protecting our coastal environment –all issues of concern to women—are extremely troubling to the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia and our members,” says Rolfes. “We put this program together and invited these speakers specifically to address what we can expect from the legislative session starting in January and what
can be done to encourage our legislators to better represent the people who vote for them.” One crucial issue for the LWVCGA this session is redistricting, or the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. “Political and racial gerrymandering distorts and undermines representative democracy by allowing officials to select their voters rather than voters to elect their officials,” says Nathan. “Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is at the heart of everything we stand for in the League. The best way to help with this effort is to let our representatives know we want the House and Senate bills to get out of committee and get on the floor for debate.” Last session’s “heartbeat bill,” or HB 481, was one of the most contentious decisions of the session. “This year, reproductive health and rights were attacked like we’ve never seen before. Georgia passed a six-week abortion ban, outlawing the procedure before most people even know they’re pregnant,” says Fox. “Thousands of Georgians stood up and spoke out in opposition to this dangerous ban, but our lawmakers didn’t listen. Next year, we will continue to fight to protect vital access to care in Georgia and to lift up the voices of Georgians so that our elected officials focus on the real problems facing the state instead of playing politics with our lives.” Brannen explains that in the next legislative session, 9to5 will work on HB 588, or the Georgia Work Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, as well as the census, Get Out the Vote, and engagement. She hopes to see more individual get involved. “They can attend future town halls, send letters of support to co-sponsor Representative Ron Stephens, and volunteer with the local Savannah 9to5 chapter,” she lists. A majorly important issue at this time is Georgia’s coast. Time is running out for Georgia’s coast to adapt to climate change impacts, such as sea level rise, increased storm surge, and sunny day flooding. In 2019, amendments to the 1979 Shore Protection Act set these efforts back even further,” says Muir. “Meanwhile, many of our neighboring states have moved beyond acknowledging the effects of climate change and are working to find solutions for keeping people and property out of harm’s way. We need Georgia’s leaders to implement proactive solutions that will make our coast more resilient in the face of these looming challenges.” CS For more information on the panel or to register to attend, visit lwvcga.org.
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The bicycling (and life) advice you really need BY JOHN BENNETT
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SINCE I started writing this column eight years ago, much of the advice I’ve offered to new college students through the years has remained the same. For instance, students and others who depend on their bikes for daily transportation should be on guard against bike theft at all times. On the first day of your first class, look around. It’s nearly 100 percent certain
light on the front of your bike when travelling at night. It does not require a red light on the rear of your bike, but you should definitely get one anyway. If you don’t have bike lights, a local nonprofit organization will give you a set for free. That’s right. For free. Eight years ago, the nonprofit was called the Savannah Bicycle Campaign. Now known as Bike Walk Savannah, the organization has been distributing lights to all who need them for more than three years. That’s not all that’s changed. In 2011, Caila Brown was a SCAD student. Today she’s executive director of Bike Walk Savannah, which works to improve conditions for people who walk and ride bikes in
“Make the most of your time in our beautiful city — being able to make those connections and feel part of your adopted town will help you feel at home anywhere you go.” someone in the room will become a victim of bike theft before Thanksgiving. The good news is you can take steps to significantly lessen the likelihood that it’s you. Buy good quality locks (Yes, locks — get a U-lock and a cable lock, and use them simultaneously) and always lock your bike to something that isn’t going anywhere. This does not include wooden porch railings, which can be kicked or sawed to release your bike. If you’re able, store your bike inside. The good news, however, is that there are many more bike parking options available in Savannah since I first warned students about bike theft in 2011. The City of Savannah’s Mobility and Parking Services Department has continued to deploy sturdy bike racks all around town. They install them for free for local businesses. So, if you find your favorite restaurant or store doesn’t have a bike rack, encourage the proprietor to request one. Back in 2011 I also emphasized the importance of bike lights. Nothing has changed. A good quality headlight will help you see road debris, potholes, and other hazards at night. But even a cheap light can fulfill an even more important role: Helping drivers see you. Reflectors are not sufficient and that’s why state law requires you to use a white
Savannah. That means she works for you and she has some advice that’s not strictly bike related. “Many students will only be here for four to five years,” Brown said. “Make the most of your time in our beautiful city — being able to make those connections and feel part of your adopted town will help you feel at home anywhere you go.” Perhaps it’s better to wait until at least sophomore year to get involved in the community, you might be thinking. It’s a mistake to wait, she said. “I often talk to people in their junior or senior years who wish they had done more in their freshman and sophomore years to feel part of the Savannah community, to give them a sense of home,” Brown said. If you’re unsure how to get started, she recommends seeking out organizations whose missions align with your interests. Brown said, “If you want to fully immerse yourself in the arts community, volunteer at one of our many local galleries or museums, or with Loop It Up Savannah. Like gardening, but you’re stuck in the dorms with no yard? Check out the Forsyth Farmers’ Market, Savannah Urban Garden Alliance, or the West Broad YMCA.” Of course, if you like bikes, Brown has a very specific suggestion for you.
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“Come see us at Bike Walk Savannah and volunteer at the New Standard Cycles Program, which provides bikes for people in need of reliable transportation,” she said. Lara Isaacson is a Design for Sustainability MFA student at SCAD and serves on the Bike Walk Savannah board of directors. When talking with new students she likes to focus on New Standard Cycles and the progress being made on new infrastructure projects, but emphasizes the “great people you can work with in Savannah and the opportunity to do bigger impact work in a smaller city that is in the process of making major changes towards a more sustainable and equitable future.” She said, “In a big city you are often one of thousands of volunteers. Although that is still important work, in Savannah you can be an integral part of a team, supporting meaningful change. The team knows you and values your work.” New Standard Cycles volunteers refurbish donated bikes for deserving people every Thursday 7-9:30 p.m. and every Sunday 2-4:30 p.m. at 1301 Lincoln St. Don’t know anything about bike repair? Don’t worry! It’s a great way to learn how to maintain your bike. You can pick up a free bike light set while you’re there. CS
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Free shuttle intended for night-time workers — and everyone else BY JOSEPHINE BEISEL THE CITY OF SAVANNAH partnered with the Downtowner app last May, in an attempt to provide more transportation options to ease parking congestion and pressure downtown. The Downtowner service is mainly intended to provide a free, night-time shuttle option for workers in the downtown food/beverage and hospitality industries. The existing DOT Shuttle was originally set up to deal with daytime users and early evening users, but couldn’t realistically be extended later. “We couldn’t expand the DOT Shuttle past midnight,” says Sean Brandon, Director of Parking and Mobility Services. “We decided this might solve our issues. The Downtowner is designed to address late nights in particular, although it starts at 5 p.m. It goes from 5 p.m.- 5 a.m. every day.” Brandon says the genesis of the idea came from researching how other cities addressed the dilemma. “We had been looking at a few cities that had been experimenting with on-demand transit systems, Tampa being the largest of them, and decided this might help to solve our issues,” he says. “We have 800-1000 sought-after parking spots downtown, and way more people than that trying to get to them. Our pricing for parking is set so that you can pay a little bit or nothing, but you will be much farther from the core of the city,” Brandon explains. “In exchange for doing that, we take it as our responsibility that you have multiple options for getting into the core of the city, whether that be bussing, on-demand services, and the bike improvements we’ve made. We want to make sure we’ve maximized all of our options.” The Downtowner works like this: If you’re within the boundaries of Park Street and the Savannah River, MLK Jr. Boulevard and East Broad, you can call for a Downtowner and move about within those boundaries free of charge. The fleet currently consists of two electric Chevy Bolts, with an additional pool van for busy times. If it sounds a lot like Uber or Lyft, you’re not wrong. “All of our vehicles operate much like Uber pool,” says Brandon. “We try to arrange people to be picked up from generally around the same area, and drop them off in around the same area.”
Above: The service uses Chevy Bolt EVs. At left is the boundary area for the Downtowner service.
If you’re outside the boundary, however, there still are ways to use Downtowner. “We have quite a few people who live right on the outskirts of the boundaries, who, rather than drive, just walk to the boundary and then call for the Downtowner,” Brandon clarifies. “What we know anecdotally from the drivers is that it is a whole mix of people during the early evening hours, and that’s perfectly okay. What we know is as the night goes on, the later it gets, the more it starts shifting to workers,” Brandon says. “During the weekdays, the peak is normally around 10 o’clock, or something like
that, but typically on the weekends, when we know a lot of workers get off their parttime jobs, is when the peak is closer to 2 in the morning. So you have an initial peak in the early evening, and then a second peak that happens as workers try and get off from work to their car,” Brandon explains. This first peak in usage may come from other users, however. Brandon is clear in saying that anyone can use the service, even tourists. “Whatever services that are offered in Savannah, just because of the sheer number of tourists, it will be used by them — and that’s okay, as long as we’re meeting our original intent to assist late-night workers.” This high amount of usage has some setbacks. “We started our average ride time around five minutes, now we’re closer to ten. And that’s okay, but we don’t want it to go up much more than 10 minutes.” This app does fill the gap of a muchneeded service, and Brandon says it’s seen great success so far. “Over 11,000 people have made accounts,” he says. This amount of ridership means great success for the Department of Parking and Mobility Services. As far as the future of the app, Brandon says, “Ultimately, that’s a City Council decision, but I would say given the ridership currently, it would be renewed.” The highly affordable nature of the app may not be at risk, either. “Either free or as close to free is always our goal,” Brandon accounts. CS
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IF YOU’RE looking for a place to shop that’s both trendy and inclusive, Civvies should be your first stop. The secondhand apparel store has been a Broughton Street staple for years, offering thrifters cool digs while also making space for its marginalized shoppers. Recently, Civvies removed gender designation from their racks, instead sorting their clothing by type. Store manager Rainé Rainé said the change happened shortly after he began working there. “I was like, ‘Okay, this has to go,’” he laughs. For cisgender folks — people whose gender identity corresponds with their birth sex — the importance of non-gendered shopping might not be obvious at first. “For any gendernonconforming person, not having to out yourself by how you shop is really important,” he says. “Like going into the store and shopping in a section that doesn’t match what people perceive your gender expression as can be really stressful. Simultaneously, [it’s hard] for people who are very invested in gender roles. A lot of men will literally walk in, they will not touch the clothing, they won’t look at it, but they’ll look at the entire downstairs and say, ‘Oh, this is all women’s clothing; the men’s clothing must be upstairs.’ So it’s really challenging people to be more intentional about their shopping experience and take more time to actually look at and feel how the clothing feels to them, as opposed to just deciding, ‘This is not my section,’ instead of sticking to these gender lines that don’t mean anything.” As outlined on the website, Civvies prioritizes the comfort of its queer, trans and intersex shoppers, both by the layout of the and by the staff itself. “Most of the people that work here are gender non-conforming or trans, and that has been that way increasingly since I started working there,” says Rainé. “And the people who are not are good allies that are willing to speak in a way that represents the overall store mission, even if it’s not directly affecting them.” Broughton Street is a major tourist area and receives a lot of foot traffic, putting Civvies in the perfect position to spread their message. The store permanently carries the messages “Clothing for All Genders” and “Support Local Businesses on Broughton” in its storefront, but the display window also carries a rotating message.
Recently, it said, “We Are Shopping on Stolen Land” and “No Human is Illegal.” The display has received mixed reviews. “A lot of people loved it,” Rainé says. “There are definitely people who came in and were like, ‘Yeah, I’m actually not going to shop here.’ But I’m not a business person by trade, so it’s not my priority. I’m obviously trying to use what resources we have available to take up space. There are so few businesses on this block that are local, let alone ones willing to put their business on the line to represent what our community is about. That’s disappointing, but it pushes me to make sure that’s a priority.” Another Civvies’ priority is offering a music venue that’s accessible for all. Civvies’ story is intertwined with music. Its founder, Robyn Reeder, started Civvies in 2006 and was a prolific musician in the local scene. “[A music venue] was definitely a big reason for pushing the expansion,” says Rainé. “I think having music at Civvies was a big part of Robyn’s original vision for the store.” After Reeder passed away in 2015, the live music offerings at Civvies dwindled a bit, but Rainé is helping to bring that back. He has previous experience booking shows and knows Sept. 12 headliner Machine Girl through those connections. “There’s a lot of places I will never book a show,” says Rainé. “I also don’t really appreciate how many shows here are oriented towards bar culture and are inaccessible to people who are under 21, especially since there are so many young people here. Being able to have a space where we can have events that include those people is really important.” (For Sean Kelly’s look at all-ages venues, turn to page 26.) In addition to Machine Girl, Civvies will host Greef and Sundog Sept. 17 and ChokedUp Nov. 7. Cunabear will also perform in the shop on every second Saturday. Rainé wants to make sure anyone who wants to perform has a space to do so. “If anyone is ever interested in having a space to show their work, who can’t afford to pay a $400 gallery fee or who is too young to be able to play in a bar, or it feels like maybe someone doesn’t take them seriously because they’ve never played a show before,” says Rainé, “hit us up.” CS
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Savannah State celebrates fifth year of Confucius Institute BY RACHAEL FLORA
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SINCE 2014, Savannah State University has hosted an exciting Chinese culture program that enriches the lives and cultural understanding of its participants. The Confucius Institute serves to promote intercultural understanding and educational exchange between the U.S. and China. The worldwide organization has been around since 2004, and Savannah State is one of the participating colleges. Led by Peggy Blood and Dengfeng Wu, the organization works hard to further the mission of the institution and teach Chinese culture to American students. One of the ways the organization does that is by offering beginner Chinese classes. The classes are free to both Savannah State and Georgia Southern students, and are $60 for non-students. This is a
fantastic deal for anyone to participate in, let alone college students. The Confucius Institute also partners with the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System in three schools— Heaven Elementary School, DeRenne Middle School and Myers Middle School— to teach dual language and immersion programs. Students who learn a second language enjoy academic benefits and proficiency, and being proficient in Chinese helps better prepare them for the global community and job markets. The Confucius Institute also hosts summer camp programs, where the participants travel to the Confucius Institute Headquarters, or Hanban, and to Jiujiang University in the northern Jiangxi province in China. CS For questions, email confuciusinstitute@ savannahstate.edu, or call 912-358-3871.
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Armstrong’s Feminists United begin period pantry “White feminism silences voices other than the cis heteronormative white female rachael@connectsavannah.com and only centers for their issues,” says Cook. “For example, with reproductive rights, I think that’s a really good example ON Georgia Southern’s Armstrong camfor what’s going on right now. A lot of the pus, Feminists United is helping bring discussion is centered on women, particuabout some much-needed good. larly white women.” The student organization recently partWeathers explains the importance of nered with the Homeless Period Project, intersectionality in feminism, meaning based out of Greenville, South Carolina, to that every person is represented in this create a period pantry vision, regardless of for community memrace, gender or class. bers in need. They also emphasize “One of the reasons the importance of why we started it is being open and willbecause part of femiing to learn. nism is not just about “From my perlearning and educating— spective, everyone it’s the practice, it’s the handles themselves action,” explains senior differently,” they say. Nora Cook. “We can talk Feminists United co-leaders Nora Cook “There are those femall day about oppression, and Ellie Weathers. PHOTO BY RACHAEL inists that believe they but if we’re not actively FLORA don’t need to do the doing something about it, emotional labor to take we’re complicit.” it upon themselves to educate, because it At the launch party Aug. 21, students can be a very triggering experience. But for gathered to pack bags full of donated tamme, personally, I try to take every opporpons, pads and liners. Cook explains that tunity to educate. We’re emphasizing that Feminists United is partnering with the this is for everyone, it’s a safe space, you Captain’s Cupboard food pantry to distrib- are allowed to come here and it’s okay if ute the bags. you don’t know everything. [But] it is your The Captain’s Cupboard is an initiajob to unlearn your racism and unlearn tive at Armstrong campus that serves as your sexism.” an emergency food program for students, Feminists United is structured more faculty and staff. To participate in the as a collective than as a typical board program, the person completes a client organization. request form. Feminists United, led by “When we had our official status based Cook and co-leader Ellie Weathers, are in on the requirements of the school, we the process of adding a question to the clihad a board consisting of a president, vice ent request form that asks if the individual president, treasurer, so on,” says Cook. needs period products. “But after feeling the consensus of our There will also be a donation box set members, we moved to a looser collective up in the Student Union to allow students status.” and community members alike to pick up “We want Feminists United to be accesitems they need. sible and we want it to be a safe space for The issue of equal access to period prod- everyone,” joins Weathers. “In an organiucts fits perfectly into Feminists United’s zation that would be structured like that, mission. where it’s clearly people in charge, I can “We’re not talking about the stigma and see how that might be jarring.” the lack of resources of the trans and non“One of our main tenets is, of course, binary people and people of color endure equality and equity,” says Cook. “Equality that is different than the issues that I as a means we have a diverse representation white woman face when accessing reproin our membership, and they’re allowed ductive needs,” says Cook. certain privileges. However, we also need One of the central issues Feminists to give them equity in allowing their voices United wants to tackle in their meetto be the same as everybody else’s and ings this semester is the issue of what’s their accessibility to our meetings to be the called “white feminism,” or feminism that same.” CS doesn’t acknowledge the struggle of others, Feminists United meets every Wednesday at 5 especially minorities. p.m. in Gamble 106 on the Armstrong campus.
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Mechanical Drafting graduate Xuan Huynh won silver at the 2019 national SkillsUSA competition.
Savannah Tech’s mechatronics team, with students Victor De La Cruz and Anthony Smith, won gold in the SkillsUSA competition.
Savannah Tech Aviation Maintenance student Joshua Clifton recently won a scholarship from the National Technical Honor Society.
Savannah Tech: Playing with the big boys Technical college moves far beyond ‘trade school’ label
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IN A TIME of skyrocketing tuition and student debt at other universities, and the spectre of automation threatening entire industries, it’s Savannah Tech’s time to shine. The Southside institution has left the “trade school” stigma behind to become a full-fledged player in the Georgia university system. From its more glamorous fields of study (its acclaimed film and culinary programs) to its more gritty fields (welding, truck driving), Savannah Technical College prepares its students for real jobs in the real world, often at a small fraction of the cost of the flagship institutions. “The number-one question we always ask is, did we place our students in a job in their field of training, or as close as possible to their field of training?” says Savannah Technical College President Kathy S. Love. “Part of our success has been not letting that mission creep come in and trying to be all things to all people.” Over and over, you hear that workforce development is one of, if not the biggest, obstacles to wage and job growth in Savannah. Workforce development is the central mission of Savannah Tech. “Workforce development is our number one goal,” Love says. “Over 94 percent of 18 our graduates we can prove are working in
their field or in a closely related field.” Savannah Tech accomplishes this through passionate, experienced instructors and a close relationship with a web of regional and local industry employers. For example, Savannah Tech administration and faculty have monthly meetings with employers at the local Crossroads tech corridor to fine-tune curriculum for economic demand. “We’re not going to do any good if we teach ten years ago, or ten years in the future,” says Love. An enormous game-changer for Savannah Tech has been the decision by the Board of Regents to dramatically expand the number and type of general education credits earned at Savannah Tech that are fully transferable to other higher education institutions in the state system. That’s right – you can take core level English, history, and math classes, for example, at Savannah Tech at very reasonable cost and fully transfer those credits to UGA, or SSU, or Georgia Southern — most anywhere you like. “Folks who remember the old Savannah Vo-Tech years ago think they’re giving us a compliment when they say, ‘Well, not everyone can go to college,’” muses Love. “But the reality is we are a college. And the other reality is if you’re not able to make it at another college, you’re probably not going to be able to make it with us either.”
Another exciting development is Savannah Tech’s new high-profile project downtown — an area usually considered the turf of SCAD. The Savannah Tech Culinary Arts program is set to open its storefront restaurant, the Savannah Culinary Institute, soon, in a building the College purchased at 7 W. Bay St. “When we see our culinary students competing with Johnson and Wales and with the Culinary Institute of America, we know we can play with the big boys,” says Love. “We found that almost every technical college in a city similar to Savannah, with a strong destination and tourist economy, has a restaurant the students work in.” Love says part of the new Bay Street restaurant will serve as a demonstration lab and classroom space. “We want people to know you can some to Savannah and spend half a day learning French cooking or cake decorating, things like that,” says Love. “Getting that strolling traffic downtown will be important.” The Georgia Film Academy, run by Savannah Tech, is getting national acclaim as a go-to source for qualified, disciplined workers on film sets, both in Georgia’s booming film industry and beyond. The small but dedicated Historic Preservation program, Love says, is the “largest public hands-on historic preservation program in Georgia.”
It’s safe to say that most of Savannah Tech’s student body is nontraditional. Love says the average age is 29. “Over the past ten years our biggest challenge is right out of high school. Because that is the stigma: if all your peers are going off to UGA or Georgia Southern, then you’re the kid that couldn’t make it,” says Love. “But the thing is, a lot of those kids come back.” Love lays out some stunning ten-year data points to prove Savannah Tech’s huge rise in standing and relevance in relation to other colleges and universities in Georgia. “In Fall 2009, less than four percent of our students had 1-3 years of college. This year, about 45 percent have 1-3 years of college,” she says. “In Fall 2009, three percent of our students had bachelor’s degrees. Today, almost a third have bachelor’s degrees.” Love says she is particularly excited about the new dual enrollment program, which enables high school students to garner fully transferable college credit before they even graduate, at no tuition cost. Military and former military are a particularly vibrant presence at Savannah Tech — roughly a quarter of the total enrollment. Savannah Tech has been named the country’s number-one “Best For Vets” public career and technical college for three years running. CS
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SCAD Back40: A honey of a garden project BY JESSICA FARTHING THE SCAD Back40 garden is a sort of organic garden utopia. Carolina Gold Rice is planted in the bogs surrounding the area. Sea Island crowder peas grow on bamboo trellises. Purple okra varieties hang heavy with produce. The garden is a study in healthy living; composting, using water reclamation and planning for solar energy to be introduced in the near future. Art students paint the flowers woven in between the vegetables, inspired by the simple aesthetics of the well-organized flow, while the school’s Garden Club tends dye plants used in the Fibers Department. It’s a spot that inspires appreciation of natural beauty, moving SCAD’s students from behind computers into the outdoor world. The one acre parcel of land that formerly served as overflow parking for the schools athletic field was underused, and Paula Wallace, President of SCAD, took note, starting an initiative to expose their students to the food history of the area. After quick construction and ambitious deadlines, the lot was transformed into an elegant, working garden, producing seasonal vegetables used in SCAD’s food services and shared with a partner, the Second Harvest Food Bank. The most surprising success at the garden wasn’t the timeline or the enthusiasm
of the student body. It was the almost immediate production of honey by the Back40 apiary’s 17 hives. It’s appropriate that the garden has had the beekeeping success. This year celebrates the 40th anniversary of the college and SCAD’s mascot is a bee named ‘Art’. The school was actually the source of some of the bee population at the farm. Last spring, Jody Trumbull, Assistant to the President and College Apiarian, received a panicked phone call about a bee swarm on the school’s property by Adler and Hamilton Hall. She called Stevie Bennett, who works with her in the apiary, to help. Using a swarm trap, he clipped the palm branch where the nest was located and brought the young colony to the farm where they were rehoused. Two days later, Stevie had to trap more that were busily building a new comb in the area. Jody thinks they were left behind in the first rescue, “They had likely been out foraging when Stevie trapped the queen. We reunited them with their original colony and they’ve been very successful on the farm. In two months, we moved them from a small nuk box with maybe a few hundred members in the colony to a large brood box with several thousand members and growing.” Bees in the Lowcountry are particularly scarce, their numbers subject to attacks by numerous pests and bug control. Mosquito spraying from helicopters typically wipes
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out entire populations, reducing the pollinators significantly. The choice to spray is a double-edged sword, as Jody explains, “It’s a delicate balance. We must control mosquitoes in our area because of disease, but at the same time, it has a negative effect on the environment around us.” The Back40 is located in a limited access area in Jasper County, S.C.,, which sprays by truck. This reduces the exposure to neurological toxins for their bee population. The SCAD honey is considered ‘Extra White’ using a honey color reader. Its taste is clean and fresh, reflecting the influence of the nectar available. Jody didn’t expect to have enough honey to share with the culinary department and retail outlets of SCAD, but those first efforts yielded over fifty gallons.
She is constantly amazed at the crop. “We didn’t intend to be in the honey business. We only started with eight to ten hives. We didn’t expect it to be so much.” They plan to press a third time and then harvest the honey from the brood boxes. In this area of the box, eggs and larva can occasionally be present, even though the bees are clean. Although this organic matter only adds to the nutritional value of the honey, it can be against religious and dietary exclusions. Working to have an all-inclusive honey, Jody installed queen excluders to keep the pressings free of this matter and considered kosher and halal, so that all the students, faculty and staff at SCAD can enjoy the product. She also employs handling methods to keep the honey up to a religious standard.
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“Our keeping equipment is stored in two different locations, divided by its use as either breeding chamber or food production chamber. We wash our hive tools and brushes after each use. Bees are highly clean insects and we mirror their efforts in our operation. Further, we sanitized our honey equipment before pressing, cover our equipment between pressings and wash and steam sanitize our jars before bottling the honey product. We also filter the honey as it is drained from the press vat.” The brood box frames won’t be wasted. That pressing will be donated to Second Harvest Food Bank, along with much of the herbs and vegetables produced. Jody routinely garbs herself in protective gear and respectfully moves aside covers and insulation to check the heavy slats
of honey inside of the boxes, “Every single product that is rendered from a hive serves a purpose, even the venom. That’s being studied for easing arthritis and fighting cancer.” The sales from the honey will directly support the garden. They’ll be available in limited production in the Gryphon Tea Room and at Shop SCAD. Jody plans to work on a website with a storefront, though her responsibilities at the garden seem numerous and time consuming. They are taking donations, also, to expand into the five acre area that the school has allocated, increasing the student’s involvement in urban planning, painting and sustainability. CS www.scad.edu/life/buildings-and-facilities/ scad-back40
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Savannah Police Violent Crimes detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a 32-year-old male on Thurs., August 29. At approximately 9:15 p.m., SPD officers responded to the 400 block of W. Bryan Street in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, officers located Travis Eady suffering from gunshot wounds. Eady was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Detectives continue to investigate. Anyone with info is asked to contact the tip line at (912) 525-3124. Information can also be forwarded to CrimeStoppers at (912) 234-2020. Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward.
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operations by the unit. “We are extremely optimistic after the results of our recent underage operation,” said Lt. Shinita Young, of the ABC Unit. “It is clear that our message is getting out. There is no tolerance for businesses that serve alcohol to minors.” During the operation, which ran from Aug. 28-29, underage subjects visited 14 businesses, ranging from restaurants to convenience stores, to determine if they comply with Georgia law in regard to alcohol sales. Out of the 14, three failed. The managers or licensees of the establishments were notified of the alcohol sold, that the buyer was underage, if the buyer was checked for identification, how the alcohol was served or sold, and what actions would be taken by law enforcement. The Georgia Department of Revenue Alcohol and Tobacco Division will follow up with the businesses on fines. The 11 businesses that passed will receive letters of congratulations from the Savannah Police Department. A first offense results in a minimum fine of $500; second offense, if within 12 months of the first, results in a $750 fine; third offense, if within 18 months of the first, results in a $1,000 fine; and any further offense, if within 24 months of the first, results in issuance of a notice to
appear to show cause for why the establishment’s alcohol license should not be revoked. The following businesses were cited: Tequila’s Town Mexican Restaurant, 109 Whitaker St. Savannah Mall Shell, 14001 Abercorn St. Tru by Hilton, 77 W. Fairmont Ave. The following businesses passed: Whole Foods Market, 1815 E. Victory Drive Tandem Coffee and Spirits, 225 E. Bay St. Six Pence Pub, 245 Bull St. Perry Lane Hotel, 255-256 E. Perry St. Coco & Moss, 38 Barnard St. Hayner’s Creek 7-11, 1223 E. Montgomery Crossroads Stop N Shop, 9137 White Bluff Road Shop N Go 2, 11204 White Bluff Road B&D Burgers, 11108 Abercorn St. Dhrumil Food Mart, 12500 White Bluff Road Dhanbantari Inc., 10401 Abercorn St.
Two fatal crashes on Aug. 29
Savannah Police’s Traffic Investigation Unit is investigating two unrelated, fatal crashes in Savannah on Thurs., August 29. At around 10:45 a.m. yesterday, Gayle Leary, 61, driving a Saturn Vue, was traveling east on 72nd Street approaching
Sanders Street. At the same time, an unknown driver of a dark blue Honda Accord failed to stop at a stop sign while traveling south on Sanders Street. The Honda Accord struck Leary’s vehicle, causing her vehicle to hit a parked car in the area. The unknown driver fled the scene and was last seen traveling west on Derenne Avenue near White Bluff Road. Leary was transported to the hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Later that evening, around 8 p.m., Samuel Blalock, 45, of Bloomindale was driving his Mazda RX8 east on Airways Avenue approaching Ida J. Gadsen Drive. At the same time, Syan Forde, 20, of Richmond Hill was driving a Chrysler Sebring north across Airways Avenue on Ida J. Gadsen Drive when the two vehicles collided. Forde sustained fatal injuries as a result of this crash. TIU continues to investigate. Anyone with info on the dark blue Honda Accord involved in the fatal hit and run on Sanders Street is asked to contact the Traffic Investigation Unit at (912) 525-2421. ALL CASES FROM RECENT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INCIDENT REPORTS. GIVE ANONYMOUS CRIME TIPS TO CRIMESTOPPERS AT 912/234-2020 OR TEXT CRIMES (274637) USING KEYWORD CSTOP2020.
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NEWS & OPINION NEWS OF THE WEIRD Fowl!
An upscale neighborhood near the Ibis Golf and Country Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, is all a-flutter over some unwelcome guests: dozens of black vultures. The Palm Beach Post reports that a New York family can no longer visit the $700,000 vacation home they bought earlier this year because the birds have defecated and vomited all around it, leaving a smell “like a thousand rotting corpses,” claimed homeowner Siobhan Casimano. Homeowner Cheryl Katz put out fake owls with moving heads and blinking red lights for eyes to scare off the birds, but she said the vultures “ripped the heads off.” Katz had to summon police when the vultures became trapped in her pool enclosure and attacked each other: “Blood was everywhere,” she told the Post. Katz and other homeowners blame the invasion on a neighbor who feeds wildlife, supplying bags of dog food, roasted chicken and trays of sandwiches for their enjoyment. 2019
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A young man identified only as Akash, in Yamunanagar, Haryana state in northern India, received a brand-new BMW from his parents for his birthday, reported Fox News on Aug. 12. But Akash, who had nagged his parents for a Jaguar instead, told police the BMW was “a little small for him and his friends inside.” So he pushed the new vehicle into a river, where it sank into deep water and had to be pulled out with a crane. “The youth was arrogant and kept insisting that he be given a Jaguar,” police said. “We could only afford to give him a BMW,” said his father. “We never imagined he would do anything like this.”
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Maybe his conscience got the better of him. On Aug. 13, according to WTAE, a man in a wheelchair approached a teller at a First National Bank on Pittsburgh’s South Side. The man, thought to be in his 60s, handed the teller a note demanding cash, but then “suddenly abandoned his robbery attempt and exited the bank,” a police statement read. Police and FBI agents were on the lookout for the reluctant robber, but there were no photographs or video of him to aid them.
Strange Obsession
Washington State Highway Patrol Sgt. Kyle Smith stopped along Highway 518 near Seattle on Aug. 13 to see if a car parked on the shoulder needed assistance. Instead, according to the Associated Press, he observed the driver inside with eight mobile phones, neatly arranged in a blue foam square, all playing Pokemon Go. Smith did not issue a ticket to the driver, but he did warn him to put the phones away and move along, as the shoulder is
meant only for emergency stops.
What’s in a Name?
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel brought the town of Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador, continent-wide attention when he gifted the community a Hollywood-style sign on a hill above the town. Soon, Canadian adult toy company Our Pleasure posted a video to Facebook featuring some of its products in front of the sign and at other locations around the town, inciting anger among some residents. “They went too far with this,” said Andrew Pretty, a member of the town’s service district committee. “They had one picture right next to the playground ... it’s not right.” Our Pleasure owner Cathy Daniels described the video as “more of a fun video,” but townspeople don’t see the humor. They are circulating a petition asking Our Pleasure not to use photos of Dildo for advertising/social media campaigns.
The Devil Made Him Do It
Jeremiah Ehindero, 41, pastor of Jesus Miracle Church in Sango-Ota, Nigeria, blamed the devil for his trouble with the law after stealing an SUV from a local Toyota dealership. Ehindero negotiated a price for the Highlander, which he said would be used for “evangelism,” then asked for a test drive -- and never came back. He later sold the vehicle to a spare parts dealer for about $1,650. According to police, Ehindero confessed he stole the car to repay a loan from a microfinance bank in Lagos after tithes and offerings from his congregation were insufficient. “When the pressure from the microfinance bank became unbearable for me, the devil told me to steal a vehicle from the car dealer to sell and use the proceeds to repay the loan. I regret my action.” Ehindero and his accomplices were arrested in Ondo State.
Creme de la Weird
In Stockholm, Sweden, an unnamed man attending a traditional crayfish party on Aug. 20 at the Skansen Aquarium was delivering a speech while standing on a rock in a restricted area. As he spoke, he rested his arm on a glass barrier -until the crocodile who lives in the tank “jumped up and grabbed his lower arm,” Jonas Wahlstrom, owner of the aquarium, told CNN. But that isn’t the weird part of the story. The dastardly crocodile in this story was formerly owned by ... Fidel Castro. The croc was one of two given to a Russian cosmonaut in 1970, who took the animals to Moscow. Wahlstrom eventually brought them to Stockholm. The croc “lost its grip after 10 seconds,” Wahlstrom said, leaving the victim with injuries to his lower arm and hand. CS
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MUSIC COLLEGE STUDENT GUIDE
A L L A GE S V E NUE G UID E
Ken Stringfellow
Liz Cooper
Connect’s guide to venues and shows in Savannah for all ages BY SEAN KELLY
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ONE OF the most difficult things to navigate when you’re a young person in a college town is where exactly you’re allowed to go if you’re not yet of legal drinking age. It’s especially tough for live music fans in Savannah, which isn’t always as friendly to the idea of all-ages venues as other cities. Don’t be discouraged, though—we’re here to help. We’ve compiled a list of some great places to see live music for those under 21.
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Foxy Loxy Cafe
Foxy Loxy Cafe’s “Acoustic Altar,” in the courtyard behind the beloved coffee shop, is a wonderful place to see a show. They’ve got a Tuesday night series that brings local, regional, and national acts to their outdoor stage, as well as a “First Friday” series that showcases an eclectic mix of talent. Most of the time, the shows are free— making this a great destination for anyone looking to see some live music no matter how old they are. Plus, you can get yourself an espresso brownie or a churro muffin. Coming up at Foxy Loxy: The Great American Boxcar Chorus / Fri., Sep. 6, 6 P.M.
Victory North (18+)
Savannah’s newest venue, Victory North, is a breath of fresh air. They’re bringing top notch talent to a mid-size venue, and it seems like the calendar is getting better and better with each 26 announcement.
Great American Boxcar Chorus
Luckily, the shows are all 18 and up, which is great for college freshmen who aren’t old enough for the clubs in town. Victory North could end up being a game changer for Savannah, and you don’t have to be 21 years old to experience it. Coming up at Victory North: Liz Cooper & the Stampede / Mon., Sep. 9, 7 P.M. doors, $13
Their first show is a doozy—The Posies’ Ken Stringfellow will be doing his first ever show in Savannah Oct. 2. Stringfellow is a legend of the grunge era as well as a staple in the powerpop world. An Evening With Ken Stringfellow / Wed., Oct. 2, 7 P.M., $20
behind providing the space as a venue. If the shows are as top-notch as everything else Civvies is doing, we’re in for some special events. Coming up at Civvies: Greef, Sundog, Raine Raine / Tues., Sep. 17
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First Friday for Folk Music @First Presbyterian Church Social Hall
On the first Friday of every month, the Savannah Folk Music Society hosts a concert at First Presbyterian, presenting some of the best folk music around in a gorgeous, intimate setting. They’ve hosted some great artists in the past, and are always striving to keep the spirit and artistry of folk music alive in our city. Coming up at First Presbyterian’s First Friday series: Kellie Parr / Fri., Sep. 6, 7:30 P.M., $5 suggested donation
Keep your eye on the schedule at this favorite coffeehouse on the southern border of Forsyth Park. They’ve been hosting open mics and regular all-ages music performances for years.
Savannah’s Lucas Theatre hosts plenty of film events among an eclectic schedule, but they’re also known for staging some great concerts on occasion. You’d be hardpressed to find a show there that isn’t allages, so keep a close eye on their calendar, especially in the fall. Coming up at the Lucas Theatre: A Night Of Georgia Music (Chuck Leavell, Mike Mills, and Robert McDuffie) / Fri., Oct. 4, 8 P.M., $49+
Neighborhood Comics
Savannah’s newest comic book store, Neighborhood Comics, appears to be gearing up to start offering live music in addition to an incredible collection of comics, toys, art, and more.
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A favorite clothing store, Civvies is now also starting to dip their collective toe in the waters of live music. Our own Rachael Flora has a piece in this issue about an upcoming event in the store, in which manager Raine Raine explains their impetus
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The Wormhole
Starland’s original dive bar also hosts occasional all-ages music events. Keep an eye on the calendar.
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MUSIC SPOTLIGHT The first thing I want to talk about is the fact that you’ve had serious success over the past several years, all while releasing albums on your own label (with distribution from Thirty Tigers). What’s that been like, and do you remember a moment where you realized it was actually working? Oh yeah! I think I was 20 when I moved out of my parents house. That was the defining moment [laughs]. I made records with high school bands, and then right after high school I made a record. That was all on my own. I had no idea really how any of it worked; I just wanted to play music. So my big focus for a long time was playing shows, you know? I knew I could make money playing shows. Then I happened to meet David Macias [with Thirty Tigers], at exactly the right time when I was wanting to make a real record. He explained their deal to me, and it’s really fair to the artist. I get to maintain ownership of my songs and my masters, which with most labels doesn’t happen. I had a few people recommend good music business books early on, so I was able to educate myself right around the time that I ran into Thirty Tigers. If you don’t have a ton of money to put behind yourself, it allows you to kind of grow slowly. We’ve worked hard and gone out and toured every record, so our budgets are a little bit bigger every time. You mentioned making records in high school and beyond—were you always doing the general musical thing that you’re doing now?
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does things his own way Oklahoma-born guitarist and songwriter plays Victory North
BY SEAN KELLY
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PARKER MILLSAP has made it all on his own. Since putting out his first record in 2012, Millsap has garnered critical praise, toured worldwide, and found plenty of fans along the way (including Sir Elton John). Two of his albums landed at number one 28 on the Americana charts, and he’s made a
real living for himself in music at not even 30 years old. Best of all—he’s done it on his own label. Millsap is currently touring behind his 2018 release Other Arrangements, which showcases his signature blues-based Americana as well as his knack for writing stunning songs. He’ll be swinging through town at Victory North on Wed., Sep. 11, and we talked with him beforehand about all things music.
Sort of [laughs]. Really early on, my influences were a lot of gospel music and blues music. I grew up going to church and listening to a lot of those things. And then I got really into guitar in high school, though I started playing when I was 9 years old. I started a couple of cover bands, and we did some Red Hot Chili Peppers and Jimi Hendrix and whatever else. All kinds of random stuff. Stevie Ray Vaughan songs so I could wank away on guitar [laughs]. Later on in high school, I got really into writing songs. My parents got me a really nice acoustic guitar, and about the same time my junior English teacher made us do a ton of creative writing. I kind of fell in love with that about the same time I got that guitar, so the pieces kind of fell into place. One of my main influences as a guitar player is Travis Linville, one of my guitar teachers when I was 14 or 15 years old. He’s a singer/songwriter, guitarist, and multi-instrumentalist who writes amazing songs. He used a thumbpick and turned me on to Chet Atkins, and I’d discovered Mississippi John Hurt around the same time.
Through Mississippi John Hurt I found all of these other Piedmont Blues players, so I just bought a bunch of thumb picks and started banging away for multiple years before I could make any sense of it [laughs]. Do you feel like you grew up in a community that would foster musical talent? Yes and no. People were always like, “Cool! You’re in a band and you play guitar.” But no so fostering as far as, like, this is something you can actually do as a career. I live in Nashville now, where everyone is varying degrees of being a professional musician. But in Oklahoma, there aren’t a ton of people who make music for a living. I moved to this small town in Oklahoma for a couple of years, and my wife got a job at the local paper. People were like, “Oh, what does your boyfriend do?” She said, “He’s a musician.” They’d say, “Oh, we mean for money” [laughs]. The environment was, “We haven’t heard him on the radio, so there’s no way that he could be a working musician.” It took me a while to realize that I could do it, but as soon as I found out it was an option I said, “Okay, well, this is it for me.” That being said, what do you think Nashville has done for you creatively or otherwise? I mean, I think the biggest thing was the legitimacy of it [laughs]. It sounds ridiculous, but when people hear you live in Nashville they think, “Oh, you’re taking it seriously.” I feel like I find out every day that musicians I know about or have mutual friends with live, like, two blocks from me. It’s nice to be reminded that you can do this. What are you working on now? I don’t want to say I’m always writing, but I’m always gathering ideas for songs. I am working on a new record, and usually what that means is sitting down with a guitar and collecting all of those ideas that I’ve been gathering together. What works, what doesn’t, what’s worth pursuing, what’s not. A lot of times when I start that process, I’m surrounded by all of these songs and then more songs start to pop up. It’s kind of like this cumulative effect—the more there are, the more there are. CS Parker Millsap @Victory North Wed., Sep. 11, 7 P.M., $15
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Old Crow Medicine Show:
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keeping the show on the road Beloved roots band plays Johnny Mercer Theater
EVERYONE knows at least one Old Crow Medicine Show song. “Wagon Wheel” is arguably the band’s most recognized song, thanks in part to Darius Rucker’s mega-hit cover of it from several years ago. It actually had quite a life of its own before Rucker tackled it, becoming a popular cover tune years after Old Crow first released it. Old Crow, however, is much more than “Wagon Wheel.” They’re a band of lyrical and musical depth and boundless creativity, and they’re still going strong. They’re known for instrument hopping and weaving throughout different areas of American roots music like bluegrass, country, old time, and folk. All of that is evidenced on their latest studio release, 2018’s Volunteer—which was produced by in-demand country and alt-country producer Dave Cobb. The band is currently supporting that record on the road, and is set to hit the Johnny Mercer Theater on Sat., September 7. Ahead of the show, we spoke to multiinstrumentalist Cory Younts. You’ve been with the band since 2009 and first appeared on 2012’s Carry Me Back. How did you end up playing in Old Crow? I had actually met them when I was in another band with Justin Townes Earle called The Swindlers. This would’ve been ‘99 up til ‘02, maybe. They were busking on the streets of Nashville, and we used to do that as well. They were just so incredible to watch. They had so much energy and they were killing it. I kind of made friends with them around that time, and used to go
see them at the Station Inn, which is a tiny little place in Nashville. They had many a residency there over the years. I went to as many shows as I could. Eventually they just asked me to go on one tour. It was a west coast run, and it was great. It worked out perfect because at the time, I was touring with Justin as a duo. He went to Australia for the second or third time, but they couldn’t afford to bring me over at that time. Willy Watson was still in [Old Crow] at the time, and he called me and said, “Do you want to go on the road with us?” I said, “Absolutely.” I’ve always been an Old Crow fan, so one day I’ll give lectures to college kids and say, “Hang on to your dreams, kids. It can happen!” One of the things that draws me to the band’s records is the instrument hopping aspect of it—everyone plays a lot of different things. How do y’all go about deciding who plays what? Is it very spontaneous and kind of on a song-by-song basis? It is! A lot of it has to do with us at soundcheck, just playing around and discovering things. Rather than us trying to figure it out in the studio. I think we figure a lot of that stuff out on the road, and also in pre-production when we do albums that involve pre-production. It kind of happens where someone will say, “I’m not really comfortable playing banjo on this one.” The response is like, “Well, try something else.” When everything’s set up already in soundcheck, we’re kids in a candy store, basically. I’d imagine these days a lot of the productivity happens on the road, especially because when you’re home it’s
family time. Is there something about If you could pick out one song from the being on the road that lends itself to the Old Crow catalog that you feel really creative process? exemplifies the band at your most creative, what would that be? That’s definitely a question for Critter [Fuqua] and Ketch [Secor], but they defiYounts: That’s a hard question—I think nitely get different vibes from being on the “Tobacco” from Carry Me Back is really, road. “Crazy Eyes,” for example, is about a really strong, and I think “Brushy Mounguy who Ketch met at a bus station one day tain” is a very strong song, too. I remember just roaming around in some town. A lot working with that song, and we were tryof that is verbatum. The guy calls himself ing all of these different drum beats with it “Crazy Eyes.” but I couldn’t figure out what to do. Somebody was like, “Just let it go, Cory.” ComThe last record was done with Dave ing up with this tribal drum beat that we Cobb, who’s sort of the guy right now ended up doing, some of the guys were like, in the American world. What do you “That is the most ‘heartbeat of the dinothink he brought to the recording saur’ shit we’ve ever done. We have to keep process that stood out from previous that drum beat!” experiences? With the success of “Wagon Wheel,” I’d definitely say that Dave is very sponthe Opry induction, winning Grammys, taneous. In the past we had Ted Hutt and all of the incredible achievements Dave Rawlings and people like that, who you’ve had, some bands in your posiwere really big on pre-production. A lot tion might just rest on their laurels. of editing, cut-and-pasting. Dave is comBut you guys always seem to be strivpletely the opposite of that. He wants no ing creatively. Are you always looking pre-production whatsoever. We wrote all towards the next thing? of the songs for Volunteer a long time ago. We were supposed to do two nights of the Ketch’s brain is just unbelievable someBlonde On Blonde record at the Country times. Sometimes he’ll say, “Let’s stay Music Hall Of Fame & Museum, and then home and open a restaurant,” and then go into the studio that summer with Dave the next day he’ll say, “Why did I even say Cobb. That all got put on hiatus because that? Let’s get back on the road and go play everyone wanted to see the Blonde On in Savannah.” I think we realize that we’re Blonde show. We ended up touring that probably not going to get another “Wagon show for a year and a half. Wheel.” So it’s not like we’re trying to [do We asked Dave if we should be practicing that]. It’s all about winning these awards, these new songs on the road, and he said, but that’s really not for us. CS “No, forget them. Don’t worry about them.” When we went in, we had forgotten a lot of OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW those songs. We went in, and Dave was very @JOHNNY MERCER THEATRE much like, “Three takes. That’s it, and then Sat., Sep. 7, 8 P.M., $19.50-$36.50 Visit savannahcivic.com for tickets let’s move on.” I loved working with Dave because it was like, “See? We don’t need to do [a bunch of takes].” 29
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MUSIC INTERVIEW The hip hop that resonates with me has always been stuff like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, etc. They were sampling jazz records and pushing the boundaries of the genre What’s your philosophy on finding sounds and musical experimentation? Do you feel like you instinctively know when you’ve landed on something interesting, or do you take a lot of time to explore, sample, and manipulate sounds? I am an avid proponent of “first thought, best thought.” Not only in music, but life itself. I’m constantly tinkering away with sounds—throwing as much paint on the canvas as possible. It’s what you choose to subtract, that makes the music the music. Credit to the edit. Tell me a bit more about your creative process. Do you conceptualize an idea for an album before you start writing, or do you tend to write songs individually and then compile them? Definitely the latter. It takes time for the songs I write to speak to me, and for me to understand their place in the world. After a while a batch of songs will present a common thread, a continuous line of thought, a point of view which I then turn into a record.
‘Creation is life’: Jitwam on his genre-bending music
Eclectic artist talks all things music ahead of El Rocko Lounge gig BY SEAN KELLY
sean@connectsavannah.com
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JITWAM has figured out a way to absorb pretty much everything that he discovers musically and export something incredibly unique. His particular sound can’t quite be categorized, but it’s as much hip hop and soul as it is jazz, folk, and avant garde. Born in India and based in Brooklyn, he sounds like a student of the world and true student of art. He’s an adventurous songwriter and an incredible singer—it’s no wonder he’s been steadily building a fanbase and garnering buzz all over. Ahead of his upcoming show at El Rocko 30 Lounge on Sat., September 7, we spoke to
Jitwam about what inspires him and what his creative process looks like. How did you get started in music, and what made you want to pursue it as a career? I’ve been doing music forever ever. It comes to me in my dreams, when I’m walking down the street and soundtracks the rhythms of my life. When I landed in NYC and had no palatable ways of earning money, music seemed the only way and still is to this day. Your music is reminiscent of several different stylistic eras and genres. There seem to be elements of hip hop,
soul, folk, jazz, and even free jazz improvisation. What were some of your influences when you first started writing and recording? I’m influenced by the everythingness of all things. Miles Davis used to mimic the sounds of buses and trains on his horn, and I mimic the sounds from my childhood into this music. Growing up I’d listen to everything from The Stooges to The Velvet Underground, to Bone Thungs-N-Harmony to Enya. The music of mine that really touches me is when it is a synthesis of all things... that is the role of the artist and that’s what makes me, me.
Lyrically, it sounds like you tend to let the music sort of dictate what you’re writing about and what you compose melodically. Is that a fair assessment, or do lyrical ideas come earlier in the process? It’s always different. But I don’t think too hard, or I try not to. I like to let the music decide what needs to happen. My body is a vessel; it’s up to me to stay motivated enough to put pen to paper, or audio to tape. What has been the most rewarding thing about making records and touring so far? This life is so blessed. And whilst it comes with loads of stress, disappointment and hardship, I am thankful everyday that I get to spend my time doing what I love. That being said, what’s next for you? I’d imagine you’re always creating? Always! Creation is life! New music, new shows, new everything. From salsa to Bombay boogie to rock and roll, the future is [still] bright. But you know, I’m brown still. CS Jitwam, Jacob Evans @El Rocko Lounge Sat., Sep. 7, 9 P.M.
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CLAY BARKER @BARRELHOUSE SOUTH Local electronic duo Bero Bero are continually releasing some of the best and most creative music that Savannah has ever offered, so it’s no wonder that they’re turning heads everywhere they go. Some of it makes you want to dance, and some of it makes you want to sit and absorb the experience. They’re making innovative art and you shouldn’t miss a chance to catch them when they play a rare local show. THURS., SEP. 5, 8 P.M.
BASIK LEE @CONGRESS STREET SOCIAL CLUB
Basik Lee is one of the most prominent and important hip hop artists to ever come out of Savannah, and he’s also a great DJ. He’s been spearheading a movement to keep the genre thriving in the city for years, thanks in part to his Hip Hop Night series at The Jinx. His DJ sets at Congress Street Social Club are just as great, and the perfect choice for a night out at one of Savannah’s most popular spots. SAT., SEP. 7, 10 P.M.
Clay Barker is an up-and-coming country singer and songwriter from Auburn, Alabama, whose songs have garnered him critical praise and earned him a steadily-growing fanbase around the Southeast. If you’re looking for some thoughtful, heartfelt, and well-crafted country music at a great downtown venue, look no further. SAT., SEP. 7, 9:30 P.M.
MECHANICAL RIVER @EL ROCKO LOUNGE
Charleston’s Mechanical River is otherwise known as Joel Hamilton, a legend of sorts in the Charleston music scene. Hamilton’s music under the Mechanical River moniker has a lo-fi aesthetic, which is incredibly appealing on its own. It’s his brilliant folk pop songcraft, though, that makes you want to come back for more. He’ll be joined by locals Street Clothes, and New Orleans’ Conor Donohue. FRI., SEP. 6, 9 P.M.
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Barrelhouse South VuDu Shakedown, 10 p.m. Bay Street Blues Hitman Blues Band Bayou Cafe Ray Tomasino, 9 p.m. Boomy’s Blues Night w/ Ben Keiser, 9:30 p.m. El-Rocko Lounge Mega Bog, Small Talk, Buddy Chapman Jr., 9 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Turtle and the Heads Jazz’d Tapas Bar CC Witt, 7 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m. Mansion on Forsyth Park George Evans, 7 p.m. Rachael’s : Sports • Food • Fun Open Mic Night, 8 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Bill Smith Trio, 6:30 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m. Southbound Brewing Company Boogaloo Bingo and DJ Miami, 7 p.m. Vice Mojito Bar and Lounge Neon Beats, 10 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Jubal Kane, 8 p.m. White Whale Craft Ales Open Mic Music, 7 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Jason Courtenay and Uncle Buck, 7 p.m. The Wormhole Open Jam, 9 p.m.
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One of the premier Phish tribute acts going, Runaway Gin faithfully presents the music of perhaps the most beloved modern jam band. They’re making a tour stop at Victory North and bringing the songs of Trey Anastasio and company along with them. Not to be missed if you’re a fan of Phish or eclectic music in general. FRI., SEP. 6, 9 P.M., $13 Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m. PS Tavern Live Music Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Gypsy Jazz, 7 p.m. River House Cory Chambers Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m. Shrimp Factory Georgia Kyle Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Open Mic, 9 p.m. Top Deck James Lee Smith, 6:30 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Mostly Goodspell, 6 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon Victory North Cabaret Series: Smooth Jazz, 8 p.m. The Warehouse Jon Lee’s Apparitions, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Matt Hill, 7 p.m.
TRIVIA & GAMES
B & D Burgers (Congress St.) Pop Culture Trivia, 7:30 p.m. McDonough’s Trivia, 7 p.m. Pour Larry’s Explicit Trivia, 10 p.m. Southbound Brewing Company Riddle Me This?, 7:30 p.m.
KARAOKE
Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. The Jinx Karaoke, 10 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Rusty Rudders Tap House Karaoke World of Beer Karaoke, 9 p.m. The Wormhole Karaoke, 9 p.m.
COMEDY
Johnny Mercer Theatre Jerry Seinfeld, 7 p.m. Totally Awesome Bar Totally Open Mic, 8 p.m.
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Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap
BAR & CLUB EVENTS
House of Mata Hari The Downtown Delilahs w/ The Hot Nasty, Rides Again, 11 p.m. Stafford’s Public House Open Mic, 9 p.m.
FRIDAY 9. 6 LIVE MUSIC
Barrelhouse South Doctor Ocular, Ember City Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt, 6 p.m. Congress Street Social Club The Train Wrecks Dub’s Pub Jonathan Williams Jazz’d Tapas Bar Fellowship of Love, 9 p.m. The Jinx DJ Basik Lee Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar & Grill Georgia Kyle Molly McGuire’s Voodoo Soup, 7 p.m. Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Prohibition Bootleg Beats, 10:30 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m. River House Alex Bazemore Rusty Rudders Tap House Live Acoustic Music, 6 p.m. Ruth’s Chris Steak House David Duckworth, 8 p.m. Saddle Bags Chris Moreno, 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m. Savannah Spirits Kitchen Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m. Service Brewing Company Bluegrass By The Pint w/ City Hotel, 5:30 p.m. Shrimp Factory Justin Morris Taste of India Don Read, 6:30 p.m. Tijuana Flats Gary Strickland Toasted Barrel Live Music Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Andrew Gill, 6 p.m. Tybee Post Theater Abbey Road 50th Anniversary Celebration, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier and Steven Bryan, 7 p.m. The Warehouse Jubal Kane, Eric Britt Wild Wing Cafe Joe Jarka, Individually Twisted, JD Music Group
TRIVIA & GAMES
PS Tavern Beer Pong Tournament, 10 p.m.
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Bay Street Blues Karaoke Blueberry Hill Karaoke, 9 p.m. Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.
COMEDY
The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Friday Funnies, 8 p.m.
DJ
Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap
BAR & CLUB EVENTS
Abe’s on Lincoln DJ Doc Ock House of Mata Hari The Downtown Delilahs w/ The Hot Nasty, Rides Again, 11 p.m.
SATURDAY 9. 7 LIVE MUSIC
Barrelhouse South Clay Barker, 9 p.m. Billy’s Place at McDonough’s Nancy Witt, 6 p.m. Boomy’s Liquid Ginger, 10 p.m. Club Elan Bonnie x Clyde, 9 p.m. Coach’s Corner Bucky & Barry, 7 p.m. Congress Street Social Club DJ Basik Lee El-Rocko Lounge Jitwam, Jacob Evans, 9 p.m. The Flying Fish Anne Allman and Michael Moody, 6:30 p.m. Ghost Coast Distillery Ultimate Tailgate & Bourbon Release, 12-8 p.m.
Jazz’d Tapas Bar Kyle Yardley Blues Band, 9 p.m. The Jinx Meatwound, Thunderclap Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m. Lizzy’s Tequila Bar & Grill Alex Bazemore The Olde Pink House David Duckworth & Alisha Duckworth Pour Larry’s DJ & Live Music Prohibition Bootleg Beats, 10:30 p.m. Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant Jody Jazz Trio, 6:30 p.m. River House Ricky Standard Rusty Rudders Tap House Live Acoustic Music, 6 p.m. Ruth’s Chris Steak House Eddie Wilson The Savannah Civic Center Old Crow Medicine Show w/ Charlie Worsham, 8 p.m. Savannah Smiles Dueling Pianos, 7 p.m. Savannah Spirits Kitchen Electric Church, 8 p.m. The Sentient Bean Jefferson Fox, 8 p.m. Shrimp Factory Rachael Shaner Stafford’s Public House DJ Rudy Lui, 9:30 p.m. Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) Micahlan Boney, 6 p.m. Vic’s on The River Claire Frazier and Steven Bryan, 7 p.m. Victory North The Saturday Sauce, 9 p.m. The Warehouse At Sundown, Ford Natirboff
Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay and Uncle Buck, Tyler Roe, Individually Twisted
KARAOKE
Bay Street Blues Karaoke Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.
COMEDY
The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Saturday Shenanigans, 8 p.m. The Wormhole Neighborhood Pub & Music Venue Comedy Planet: Dan Perlman, 8 p.m. Visitor’s Information Center Savannah for Morons: The Trolley Tour, 11 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. The Wormhole Comedy Planet, 8 p.m.
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The Black Rabbit DJ Square One, 9 p.m. Little Lucky’s DJ and Karaoke Rusty Rudders Tap House DJ Tap
BAR & CLUB EVENTS
House of Mata Hari The Downtown Delilahs w/ The Hot Nasty, Rides Again, 11 p.m.
SUNDAY 9. 8 LIVE MUSIC
Bayou Cafe Don Coyer, 9 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Voodoo Soup, 10:30 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Kyle Moore, 7 p.m. Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m.
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The Olde Pink House Eddie Wilson The Perch at Local 11 ten Eric Britt Prohibition Bluegrass Brunch w/ Cory Chambers and Evan Rose, 11 a.m. River House Georgia Kyle Shrimp Factory Adam Nye Tubby’s Tank House (River St.) Jeremy J Riddle, 6 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Thomas Claxton The Wayward Sunday Night Service, 9 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe True Gentlemen, Liquid Ginger
TRIVIA & GAMES
Boomy’s Karaoke, 10 p.m. Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Wet Willie’s Karaoke, 9 p.m.
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Club One Karaoke, 10 p.m. McDonough’s Karaoke, 9 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Karaoke/DJ, 10:30 p.m.
Basil’s Pizza and Deli Trivia, 7 p.m. Coach’s Corner Texas Hold ‘Em, 7 p.m. CoCo’s Sunset Grille Trivia, 7 p.m. Congress Street Social Club Trivia, 10 p.m. Fia Rua Irish Pub Trivia, 7:30 p.m. McDonough’s Bingo, 7 p.m. Mellow Mushroom Trivia, 7:30 p.m. PS Tavern Poker Rachael’s : Sports • Food • Fun Adults Only Trivia, 9 p.m. Savannah Taphouse Trivia, 7 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) Trivia, 9 p.m. The Wormhole Trivia, 10:30 p.m.
The Loft on Liberty Odd Lot Improv: Monday Night Madness, 8 p.m. White Whale Craft Ales White Whale Open Mic Comedy
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BAR & CLUB EVENTS
Exclusives Bar & Grille Open Mic Poetry Night, 7 p.m. Saddle Bags Bar Olympics
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BAR & CLUB EVENTS
Fia Rua Irish Pub Family Movie Night, 8 p.m.
TUESDAY 9.10 LIVE MUSIC
Abe’s on Lincoln Open Mic, 10 p.m. Bayou Cafe David Harbuck, 9 p.m.
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Club One Bingo with Dawn Dupree, 5:30 p.m. The Flying Fish Trivia Night, 7 p.m. The Jinx Music and Movie Trivia, 10 p.m.
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Moon River Brewing Co. Trivia, 6 p.m. Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill Trivia, 9:30 p.m.
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Culberson, 9 p.m. Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Big E and Ben Keiser Foxy Loxy Cafe Louise Warren, 7 p.m. Jazz’d Tapas Bar Ford Natirboff, 7 p.m. The Jinx Hip Hop Night Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m. The Ordinary Pub Jeremy J Riddle, 7 p.m. The Sentient Bean Tongue: Open Mouth and Music Show hosted by Melanie Goldey, 8 p.m. Top Deck James Lee Smith, 6:30 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon The Warehouse Hitman Blues Band, 8 p.m. Wild Wing Cafe Chuck Courtenay
Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) Whiskey and Wine Open Mic Night Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub Live Music, 8 p.m. Vic’s on The River Jimmy Frushon Victory North Liz Cooper and the Stampede, 8 p.m. The Warehouse Eric Britt Wild Wing Cafe Sarah Poole The Wormhole Open Mic, 8 p.m.
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Barrelhouse South 125 W. Congress St. 912-662-5576 barrelhousesouth.com
Basil’s Pizza and Deli 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd. 912-897-6400 basilsonline.com
Bay Street Blues 17 E. Bay St. 912-236-6655
Bayou Cafe 14 N. Abercorn St. 912-233-6411 bayousavannah.com
Billy’s Place at McDonough’s 20 E. Perry St.
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The Black Rabbit 1215 Barnard St. Blueberry Hill 546 Dean Forest Rd. 964-8401
Boomy’s 409 W. Congress St. 912-436-6660 boomysbar.com
The Chromatic Dragon 514 MLK Jr. Blvd. 912-289-0350 chromaticdragon.com
Club Elan 301 Williamson St. Club One 1 Jefferson St. 912-232-0200 clubone-online.com
Coach’s Corner 3016 E. Victory Dr. 912-352-2933 coachs.net
CoCo’s Sunset Grille 1 Old U.S. Hwy. 80
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Cohen’s Retreat 5715 Skidaway Rd. 912-355-3336
Congress Street Social Club 411 W. Congress St. 912-238-1985 congressstreetsocialclub.com
Dub’s Pub 225 W. River St.
(912) 200-3652 dubspubriverstreet.com
El-Rocko Lounge 117 Whitaker St. 912-495-5808
Exclusives Bar & Grille 2003 Greenwood Street 912-695-2116
Fia Rua Irish Pub 10132 Ford Ave. 912-459-4160 fiaruairishpub.com
Fiddler’s Crab House (River St.) 131 West River St. 912-644-7172 www.liveoakstore.com/ fiddlersriverstreet
The Flying Fish 7906 E. Hwy 80
912-897-2009 www.flyingfishbarandgrill.webs. com/
Foxy Loxy Cafe 1919 Bull St. 912-401-0543 foxyloxycafe.com
Ghost Coast Distillery 641 Indian St. (912) 298-0071 ghostcoastdistillery.com
House of Mata Hari 306 W. Factor’s Walk Jazz’d Tapas Bar 52 Barnard St.
912-236-7777 www.jazzdsavannah.com
The Jinx 127 W. Congress St. 912-236-2281
Johnny Mercer Theatre 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. 912-651-6556 www.savannahcivic.com
Kevin Barry’s Irish Pub 117 West River St. 912-233-9626 www.kevinbarrys.com
Little Lucky’s 6 Gateway Blvd. E. 912-925-1119
The Loft on Liberty 215 W. Liberty St. Mansion on Forsyth Park 700 Drayton St.
912-238-5158 mansiononforsythpark.com
PS Tavern 11 W. Bay St. 912-495-5145
Rachael’s : Sports • Food • Fun 1190 King George Blvd. 912-920-7772 rachaels1190.com
The Rail Pub 405 W. Congress St. 912-238-1311 therailpub.com/
Rancho Alegre Cuban Restaurant 402 MLK Jr. Blvd. 912-292-1656 ranchoalegrecuban.com
Rusty Rudders Tap House 303 W. River St. 912-944-6302
Ruth’s Chris Steak House 111 W. Bay St. 912-721-4800 ruthschris.com
Saddle Bags 317 West River St.
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The Savannah Civic Center 301 West Oglethorpe Ave. 912-651-6556 www.savannahcivic.com
Savannah Smiles 314 Williamson St.
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Savannah Spirits Kitchen 120 Whitaker St. Savannah Taphouse 125 E. Broughton St.
McDonough’s 21 E. McDonough St.
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Mellow Mushroom 11 W. Liberty St.
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912-233-6136 mcdonoughssavannah.com
912-495-0705 mellowmushroom.com
Molly McGuire’s 216 Johnny Mercer Boulevard
912-898-0852 liveoakstore.com/mollymcguires
Moon River Brewing Co. 21 West Bay St. 912-447-0943 www.moonriverbrewing.com/
The Olde Pink House 23 Abercorn St.
912-232-4286 www.plantersinnsavannah.com
The Ordinary Pub 217 1/2 West Broughton Street (912) 238-5130 www.theordinarypub.com/
The Perch at Local 11 ten 1110 Bull St. Pour Larry’s 206 W. St. Julian St. 912-232-5778
Prohibition 125 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 912-200-9255
The Sentient Bean 13 E. Park Ave. Service Brewing Company 574 Indian Street Southbound Brewing Company 107 East Lathrop Ave. Stafford’s Public House 306 W. Upper Factor’s Walk Tailgate Sports Bar and Grill 11215 Abercorn St. 912-921-2269
Taste of India 401 Mall Blvd. 912-356-1020
The Wormhole Neighborhood Pub & Music Venue 2307 Bull Street Tijuana Flats 1800 E. Victory Dr. 912-344-9111 tijuanaflats.com
Toasted Barrel 150 Montgomery St. Top Deck 125 W. River Street Totally Awesome Bar 107 B Whitaker St. 912-349-1707
Tubby’s Tank House (River St.) 115 East River St. 912-233-0770 www.liveoakstore.com/ tubbysriverstreet
Tubby’s Tank House (Thunderbolt) 2909 River Dr. 912-354-9040 www.liveoakstore.com/ tubbysthunderbolt
Tybee Post Theater 10 Van Horne
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Vice Mojito Bar and Lounge 109 W Broughton St, Unit B Vic’s on The River 26 E. Bay St. 912-721-1000 vicsontheriver.com
Victory North 2603 Whitaker Street Visitor’s Information Center 301 MLK Jr. Blvd. 912-944-0455 savannahvisit.com/
The Warehouse 18 E. River St.
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The Wayward 257 E. Perry St. Wet Willie’s 101 E. River St. 912-233-5650 wetwillies.com
White Whale Craft Ales 1207 Bull St. Wild Wing Cafe 27 Barnard St. 912-790-9464 wildwingcafe.com
Wild Wing Cafe (Pooler) 417 Pooler Pkwy. 912-208-3700 wildwingcafe.com
World of Beer 112 W. Broughton St. 912-443-1515 worldofbeer.com
The Wormhole 2307 Bull St. 912-713-2855 wormholebar.com
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GROWING UP on Wilmington Island, Matt Toole has always been creating. As a kid, he’d make swords out of sticks and play street hockey with palm fronds. He frequented the dump on the island, lugging home as many items as his mom would allow. “I’ve always made things,” remembers Toole. “I’ve always liked to build stuff, and over time it just got better.” Time’s been good to Toole. His exhibition at Gallery F.A.R. at Chatham County’s Resource Conservation Education Center, opening this Friday, includes both indoor and outdoor sculpture work. As per the gallery requirements, and by Toole’s own practice, the work consists mainly of reclaimed material. Toole’s inspiration, from childhood through his career, has always been the natural world. “What I’ve always been attracted to are the branches that grow in the flora and fauna,” he says. “I don’t use anything live, I don’t kill anything, but I’ll find the bones. Trees are the lungs of the earth— they’re shaped the same as our lungs, and they serve the same purpose. Rivers and streams move in the same way as blood moves through capillaries. We’re organisms living on an organism, so there are similarities throughout our environment.” Toole doesn’t work just in found objects. He’ll hit up the hardware store sometimes to find something that fits just right. That duplicity of natural and man-made objects also sends a good message. “I try to bring the similarities out by coupling them together, but I also want to show how very different they are,” says Toole. “I’m curating the objects, deciding on the things that I want to communicate. With the found objects, I let the objects dictate the direction. Sometimes it takes years to finish a sculpture because it’s not ready.” That process requires Toole to be a collector of sorts. He sets aside items in his studio for future use, saving them for the perfect time. “I forget a lot of what I have,” laughs Toole. “Out of sight, out of mind, right? There’s shit everywhere because I have to see it, and sometimes it gets lost in the clutter. I do have systems that I organize, and that becomes kind of a work of art in itself.” In a perfect loop back to nature, Toole is stockpiling items like animals do. Ravens
have an affinity for shiny objects. Bowerbirds build aesthetically pleasing nests to attract their mates. Termites and ants build mounds and tunnels. “That is, I think, an innate component of life on this planet—we build,” muses Toole. “We’ve gotten away from many of the natural things, but everything comes from this place.” As we build, nature builds around and with us. “You ever see a tree growing next to a fence, and it kind of envelops it and fuses into it?” Toole asks. “Life goes around it. I’m trying to capture that. Life will go on. I like that half-step between fully manufactured and fully natural, like a house built into a hill or a house built around a tree. Or a hobbit house—alright, I read Tolkien!” Toole is as inspired by Middle Earth as he is by our own earth and the resources it provides us. “I always see potential in materials,” he says. “Certainly with the way we’re abusing our resources to make, make, make for money, money, money. That is a problem to me.” As Toole sees it, reinvigorating the materials is a return to the way it used to be. “Instead of preserving it, which is what our grandparents would’ve done, they would’ve fixed it,” says Toole. “Now it’s like a disposable economy, and that rapes the environment.” For the show at Gallery F.A.R., Toole created sculptures for both indoors and outdoors. “I’m going to show where these ideas come from,” he says. “I build this thread of a collage of objects, and then I’ll have some pieces in progress, and a piece from my nephew. I’ve got completely finished pieces that will be on pedestals.” In the future, Toole hopes to collaborate with fellow artist Lisa D. Watson on a collaboration, but for now, he’s just hoping to convey the importance of conservation and reclamation to his audience. “I want to communicate that the life of these objects can be extended,” he says. “I want kids to be able to see solutions to the things we manufacture. We can see solutions in the long run for some of these materials, and if it doesn’t live beyond that, it can peacefully go back into light.” CS
Matt Toole’s reception is Friday, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. at Gallery F.A.R., located at 1321 Eisenhower Drive. The exhibition will be on display through Nov. 19. For more information on Toole and his work, visit toolesculptureworks.com.
Toole’s sculptures will be on display at Gallery F.A.R. through November 19. PHOTOS BY TOOLE.
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KATIE GLUSICA AND DEBORAH FIRST — Featuring fiber arts. Through Sep. 23. thelogesavannah.com. The Lodge at Starland Studios, 115 W. 42nd Street.
OPENINGS & RECEPTIONS BIG HAIR, DON’T CARE — A homage series by Lara Wolf to the extravagant hairstyles of Marie Antoinette. The drawings were first created with pencil on paper, then scanned into photoshop for a digital college effect with pressed flowers and water color washes, then printed on to fabric, and lastly, embellished with beading and gold thread. Sat., Sep. 7, 6 p.m. The Color Geek Salon, 216 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Ste. C-1. CHRISTINA FORRER: FEET OF THE DEVIL — Depicting tales of mythological horror slyly imbued with the banal melee of modern life, the art of Christina Forrer sees the medieval tradition of tapestry thrust into a fanciful vision of the present. Feet of the Devil, Forrer’s first solo museum exhibition, reveals her exemplary practice through an array of textiles and preparatory works on paper that evince her singular handling of color through the process of warp and weft. Sep. 5-Jan. 12. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. EVERY THIRD WEDNESDAY: SELECT WORK FROM THE PHOTO GROUP
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LARA FAVARETTO: WORKS FROM THE RENNIE COLLECTION — “Lara Favaretto: Works from the Rennie Collection” is an eponymous exhibition that presents a selection of works by the artist ranging from 1998 to 2012. Through Dec. 22. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd.
The upstairs space at Fab’rik is one of the most unique gallery spaces in town. See its debut for this season, Quarterly Salon Show, Friday, Sept. 6 at 6 p.m. PHOTO BY LANE HOGGARD.
CRITIQUE — For the last two years, the Photo Group Critique has been held the third Wednesday of every month in the Annex at Sulfur Studios, hosted by studio co-owner Emily Earl and Georgia Southern professor Bridget Conn. Photographers are encouraged to bring work that is ideally in-progress for friendly and constructive feedback. Sep. 5-14. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. ON::VIEW: GRADIENTS: EXPLORING RISING TIDES — Lizzy Taber’s ON::VIEW residency project will convey and express not only her response to, but visual data of sea level rise. Sea level rise is one of the biggest threats to coastal cities, and Savannah is subject to many detriments due to climate change. Sep. 10-Oct. 6. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. VANISHING IDENTITY — Nicholas Wozniak has documented the cultural landscape of Savannah, Georgia since 2008. This series of work concentrates on the hand-painted signage that illustrates many of the historic downtown facades and investigates gentrification, displacement, and uses hand-painted signage as a metaphor for the aging process and change. Sep. 6-Oct. 11. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. WITNESSING THE ESSENCE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY THROUGH SOUTHEAST ASIA — Witnessing the Essence: A Photographic Journey Through Southeast Asia was documented by Kristen Albo during her travels throughout Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam. This exhibition invites the viewers to interact with the photographs. Fri., Sep. 6, 6 p.m. Parlour Studio and Gallery, 10 W. Liberty St.
CONTINUING EXHIBITS ALUMNI EXHIBITION — Visit our gallery to see magnificent alumni-created originals in photography, ceramics, painting, digital design, mixed media, and much more. Through Sep. 27. Fine Arts Gallery (Armstrong Campus), 11935 Abercorn St., Fine Arts Hall. ART WITH MEANING — Come see the power and glory of Folk Art in the realm of each of the three categories that describe this meaningful art: Religious, Every Day, and Distressed. Through Oct. 15. Beach Institute, 502 E. Harris St. THE ARTIST AS MUSE — In “The Artist as Muse,” SCAD undergraduate and graduate students, alumni and other contemporary artists take on the timeless subject of the self-portrait. Through Oct. 5. Gutstein Gallery, 201 E Broughton St,. ENTANGLEMENTS: RECENT WORK BY SUZANNE JACKSON, SONYA YONG JAMES, PAM LONGOBARDI, JIHA MOON, SHARON NORWOOD, AND LIZ SARGENT — Each artist’s creative practice tracks, teases out, intuits, or otherwise systematizes observations about order and disorder, and perhaps all of the entanglements in between. Through Oct. 26. Laney Contemporary, 1810 Mills B. Lane Blvd. FEAST AT THE ALTAR — “Feast at the Altar” by Eoley Mulally is a show of icons, triptychs, and altar boxes reimagining Through Oct. 29. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. FOLKLORE — Folklore is a site-specific installation by Jessica Pope for the 2019 iteration of Telfair Museums’ annual Boxed In/Break Out project. Through Oct. 27. telfair. org/jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.
LEATHER, LACE AND LUSTER — In this installation of black evening wear from the SCAD Permanent Collection, the expert choice of materials conveys the drama and interest of the darkest hues. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. LIU JIAKUN: WEST VILLAGE — In his multidisciplinary work, architect/artist/writer Lia Jiakun contextualizes local building traditions, social needs and ecological environments. Through Jan. 12, 2020. scadmoa. org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. MARCEE MUSGROVE AND LAURA BARTON: A WALK IN THE GARDEN — Marcee Musgrove is a professional artist specializing in abstract landscapes and architectural imagery utilizing acrylic and mixed media. Laura Till Barton is an artist, painter and designer based in Savannah. Through Sep. 29. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. MARCUS DUNN: OTHER YOUTH — A member of the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina, artist Marcus Dunn explores his Native American cultural heritage through historic representation of Native life. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. MARK WALLINGER — Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Wallinger is one of the most influential artists working today. Through Jan. 19, 2020. scadmoa.org/. SCAD Museum of Art, 601 Turner Blvd. MATT TOOLE EXHIBITION — By marrying natural forms with manufactured objects, Matt Toole highlights the distinctive aesthetic qualities of both.Through Nov. 19. Gallery F.A.R., 1321 Eisenhower Drive. MICHAEL KOLSTER: TAKE ME TO THE RIVER — Michael Kolster: Take Me to the River is a solo exhibition of contemporary wet-plate ambrotypes from the artist’s Rivers series. In Take Me to the River, Michael Kolster (American, b. 1963) explores four American rivers that flow into the Atlantic Ocean—the Androscoggin, Schuylkill, James, and Savannah—as they emerge from two centuries of industrial use and neglect. Free with museum admission. Through Sep. 29. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St.
FOOD & DRINK COLLEGE STUDENT GUIDE
BY RACHAEL FLORA
rachael@connectsavannah.com
IT’S 10 p.m. Do you know where your dinner is? College often means some pretty late nights. Whether that’s due to studying or to partying is up to you. But what do you do when it’s past closing time for most restaurants and you haven’t gotten to eat yet? Don’t heat up that ramen just yet, friend. There are plenty of places all over town that stay open late enough to feed you into the wee hours: Barrelhouse South, 125 W. Congress St. - until 3am, 2am Sunday Walk up to the FULL window at the back of Barrelhouse and satisfy your cravings without ever leaving the dance floor. Bayou Café, 14 North Abercorn Ramp until 3am, 2am Sunday This River Street fixture has live music seven nights a week in addition to some tasty grub. Betty Bomber’s, 1108 Bull St. - until 12am, 10pm weekdays Inside the American Legion building, Betty Bomber’s is like a relic from the past. B&D Burgers, 209 W. Congress St. & 11108 Abercorn St. - until 12am, 2am weekends Named for Savannah landmarks like Wormsloe or the Ellis Square, the specialty burgers are to die for, or go rogue and build your own. Chromatic Dragon, 514 MLK Blvd. until 2am, 11pm weekdays Calling all nerds! The food at Chromatic is not only delicious, it’s tailored for anyone with a geeky side. From the Lord of the Wings to Charizard’s Scorching Fire, it’s all tasty. Churchill’s, 13 W. Bay St. - until 12am, 11pm weekdays Churchill’s offers both a regular menu and a late night menu. The Black and Tan Onion Rings are the fried version of the
can come too. Savannah Smiles, 314 Williamson St. - until 3am, closed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday The dueling pianos aren’t the only thing that’ll make you grin here. The food at Savannah Smiles is classic bar food, from tater tots to chicken nuggets and, for the truly hungry, the Smiles Chicken Parmesan. Savannah Taphouse, 125 E. Broughton St. - until 2am The menu at Savannah Taphouse is eclectic, to say the least. Where else could you find mussels, sweet tea fried chicken and a mac and cheese burger occupying the same real estate? Sorry Charlie’s, 116 W. Congress St. until 1am Oysters are an aphrodisiac, and if you’re looking for some late night lovin’, hit up Sorry Charlies to get ‘em five different ways. Spudnik, 416 W. Broughton St.- open until 3am, Sunday 8pm, Monday and Tuesday 10pm Spudnik is a Savannah treasure. Start with a baked potato and add different fixins, like a fried egg or beef chili or even BBQ pork. File under “good when sober, amazing when drunk.” Treylor Park, 115 E. Bay St. - until 12am Conveniently located on Bay Street, Treylor Park is a natural stop for some funky food, like the Avocado Fries or the PB&J Chicken Wings. Waffle House, 7301 Abercorn St. & 1940 E. President St. - 24 hours Fun fact: FEMA uses Waffle Houses as a metric for determining how bad a storm is. Not even a hurricane can stop Waffle House from serving you, unless it’s a Category 5, in which case why are you at a Waffle House? The Warehouse, 18 E. River St. - until 3am, Sunday 2am Count on the Warehouse for cold beer, live music and great food down on the river. Wet Willie’s, 101 E. River St. & 20 Jefferson St. - until 2am weekends, 1am weekdays Wet Willie’s is best known for their slushies, in particular the Call-a- Cab. Before you call that cab, make sure you eat something so the cab doesn’t ask you to get out. Try the Na’cho Average Nachos or the Tequila Wings. Wild Wing Café, 27 Barnard St. - until 2am When you’re wrapping up your evening, head to Wild Wing for a nice plate of Steel Town Spuds or some wings tossed in your choice of 33 sauces. The Wormhole, 2307 Bull St. - until 3am Whether you’re watching a comedy show, listening to live music, or just hanging out, Wormhole is here to feed you into the wee hours. CS
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classic English brew, so go with that for a most authentic English experience. Congress Street Social Club, 411 W. Congress St. - until 3am, 2am Sunday Two words: Failure Bowl. Three more words: Walk-Up Grill. Did we miss anything? Diplomat, 314 Drayton St. - Friday/Saturday 3am, 8pm weekdays Conveniently located right next to The Original, the Diplomat is the obvious choice for an elevated palate during the wee hours. Try the Beet Banh Mi or the Thai Chili Beef Sando. Diner on Abercorn, 7202 Abercorn St. - 24 hours Hunger hits at all hours. Fortunately, the Diner on Abercorn will help you rock— er, eat—around the clock. Fancy Parker’s, 222 Drayton St. - 24 hours Okay, we know it’s actually called Parker’s Market, but nobody will know what you’re talking about if you say that in reference to the Parker’s on Drayton Street. We could write a love letter to Fancy Parker’s hot line alone, but suffice it to say that they truly earned their nickname. The Grove, 301 W. Congress St. until 3am Friday/Saturday, midnight on weekdays Sit high above the City Market crowd on the Grove’s rooftop and enjoy a Grove Salad or a Veggie Burger late into the night. Hitch, 300 Drayton St. – until 12am The sister restaurant of Treylor Park, Hitch is spunky and sure to please. Try the Pot Pie or the Patty Melt and wash it down with a nice shot of Fernet. IHOP, 1800 E. Victory Dr. - 24 hours If you don’t get the full stack of pancakes, are you even living? Kay’s Pizza, 103 W. Congress St. - until 3:30am, Sunday 2am, Monday 4am The pizzeria formerly known as Sweet Melissa’s is the original late night spot. Generations of partiers have descended upon its hallowed halls for a slice of pizza as big as your face. Legend has it there used to be hardcore shows in the basement. Kevin Barry’s, 117 W. River St. - until 3am, 2am Sunday Kevin Barry’s has been named the most authentic Irish pub in the world outside of Ireland. Come see what all the fuss is about over a pint of Guinness. McDonough’s, 21 E. McDonough St. until 3am weekdays, 2am weekends McDonough’s will feed you while you kill it on your absolutely unique rendition of Wagon Wheel. Prohibition, 125 MLK Blvd.- until 1am Wander over to Prohibition for some fancy late night grub, like the deviled eggs or the charred wings. PS Tavern, 11 W. Bay St. - until 3am It’s known as the Packer Bar of Savannah, but PS Tavern is the spot for anyone to get some good food—okay, fine, Bears fans
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CULTURE COLLEGE STUDENT GUIDE
DISCOUNTS: Having fun isn’t hard when you’ve got a student ID card BY RACHAEL FLORA AND JOSEPHINE BEISEL NOW THAT you’re a college student, you possess one item with power than you perhaps realized. No, it’s not your coffeemaker. It’s your student ID card! That’s right—flashing a student ID card can get you a discount at certain spots around town. But where are these mythical spots of goodwill and 10% discounts? We did that work for you and called around to almost every spot in town we could think of to compile this list of discounts for you. At these places, showing a valid college student ID will get you the discount listed. This list is not complete because both of us have phone anxiety, so if you know of a discount that isn’t listed here, let us know and we’ll add it in the online version.
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Blends – 10% off Naan on Broughton – 10% off Pakwan – 10% off Ben & Jerry’s – 10% off Carlito’s – Thursdays, SCAD students only get 10% off Clary’s – 10% off for any Savannah college B&D Burgers – Thursdays are college night at the Broughton and Abercorn locations only. Buy one entrée, get a free entrée from 5-8 p.m. The Diner on Abercorn – 10% off Dickey’s BBQ – 10% off Chick-fil-A – free small drink Bocci – 10% off for SCAD students
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Starlandia – 10% off, $60 Foundation kits Blick – 10% off Bay Camera Company – 10% off film, film processing, prints and darkroom supplies; 15% off black and white darkroom paper
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Mamie Ruth/M Liz Clothing Boutique – 15% off Fab’rik – 10% off on Tuesdays Sea Kayak Georgia – 10% off AMF Lanes – Thursdays are college nights, 9-close. $13.89 gets you unlimited games and shoes Telfair Museums – A student membership is $25, good for all three museums all year long. Coastal Heritage Society – $20 student level membership that includes unlimited admission to all six CHS sites, plus other perks. Chili’s – “We need to have one.” Sea Kayak – “We didn’t, but since you asked, we’ll do one.” Zunzi’s—“No, but we have a free Conquistador every month on the 26th.” (This is real.) Fiddler’s Crab House—“No, but we have lots of coupons floating around!” Starland Café—“No, but we have a free rewards punch card.” CS
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FILM SUMMER MOVIES
Summer movie wrap BY MATT BRUNSON
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WITH THE glorious summer season exiting stage right, it’s time for one final curtain call for the movies audiences enjoyed (or endured) over the past four months. Here, then, are some of the seasonal highlights and low points. Biggest Disappointment: Dark Phoenix. As someone who rates the X-Men franchise as highly as the MCU canon — four of the previous six installments were flat-out terrific — I was floored by the wretched quality of what amounts to a series slayer. The New Mutants arrives next spring, but, given the moribund nature of this entry, will anyone care? Runner-up: The Dead Don’t Die. Best Sequel or Remake: Avengers: Endgame. It’s certainly not the best superhero movie ever made, but even with its scattered flaws, this all-star entry in the MCU is a towering achievement. It’s also the #1 international moneymaker of all time and #2 (under Star Wars: The Force Awakens) domestically. Worst Sequel or Remake: Child’s Play. The competition was fierce (The Hustle, Men in Black: International, etc.), but this reboot of the Chucky franchise — the one that began back in 1988 with an exciting and innovative original — was the formulaic follow-up fodder that most made me want to upchuck. Better Than You Expected: Will Smith 40 as the Genie in Aladdin. No Robin Williams,
but Mr. Smith was engaging and energetic and acquitted himself quite nicely. Worse Than You Expected: Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique in Dark Phoenix. A bored Lawrence was clearly done with this franchise even before it was done with her. Best Cameo: You-know-who in the mid-credits sequence in Spider-Man: Far from Home (or maybe you don’t know, which is why I’m not revealing it here). Worst Cameo: Lena Dunham in Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood. Movie That Deserved to Do Much Better at the Box Office: Dora and the Lost City of Gold. Here’s a family film full of imagination and heart, and yet it barely broke even financially. Runners-up: Blinded by the Light; Late Night. Scariest Dolls: Toy Story 4. Annabelle and Chucky? Pshaw, mere amateurs. Far more menacing are the Vincents, those silent ventriloquist dummies haunting the dusty corridors of that antique shop. Best Single Laugh: Seth Rogen’s Captain Crunch wisecrack in Long Shot. Best Sustained Laughs: The entirety of Booksmart. Best Vocal Performance: Kevin Costner in The Art of Racing in the Rain. The movie didn’t amount to much, but casting Costner as the voice of a philosophical dog worked more often than not. Runner-up: Ryan Reynolds in Pokemon Detective Pikachu. Worst Vocal Performance: The cast of The Lion King. With few exceptions (like Seth Rogen and returning James Earl Jones), nobody distinguished themselves
with their flat line readings, making us miss the likes of Nathan Lane and Jeremy Irons all the more. Most Depressing Vocal Performance: Harrison Ford in The Secret Life of Pets 2. Sigh… Has it really come to this? [SPOILER] Best “The Dead Don’t Die” Movie: Yesterday. Yes, Quentin Tarantino allowed Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) to live at the end of Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, but that was somewhat expected (at least to anybody who saw Inglourious Basterds). More startling — and thus more satisfying — was the late-inning appearance of John Lennon (Robert Carlyle) in this alternate-reality odyssey. Imagine, indeed… Worst “The Dead Don’t Die” Movie: The Dead Don’t Die. Even the combined talents of Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Danny Glover, etc., couldn’t bring this DOA zombie flick to life. Best Male Performance: Taron Egerton in Rocketman. If Rami Malek can win an Oscar as Freddie Mercury, then Egerton should at least get nominated for his dazzling turn as Elton John. Runnerup: Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood. Best Female Performance: Awkwafina in The Farewell. After stealing scenes in her supporting stints in last summer’s Crazy Rich Asians and Ocean’s 8, the rapper-cum-actress handily demonstrates that she can carry a movie. Runner-up: Florence Pugh in Midsommar. Worst Film: The Intruder. Generic thrillers featuring imbecilic protagonists
and hammy villains are a dime a dozen. This laughable time-waster made them feel like a penny a dozen. Runner-up: UglyDolls. Best Film: Yesterday. It says a lot about the state of modern movie criticism that rehashes like Annabelle Comes Home, Child’s Play and The Angry Birds Movie 2 all have better Rotten Tomatoes scores than this enchanting ode to The Beatles. No matter: Those who needed a break from the same-old same-old this summer movie season found it in this unique and uplifting piece, turning it into an unexpected but wholly deserving sleeper hit. Runner-up: Booksmart. CS
Top 12 Moneymakers
1. Avengers: Endgame - $858 million 2. The Lion King - $513 million 3. Toy Story 4 - $427 million 4. Spider-Man: Far from Home - $380 million 5. Aladdin - $353 million 6. John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum $170 million 7. The Secret Life of Pets 2 - $157 million 8. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw - $150 million 9. Pokemon Detective Pikachu - $144 million 10. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood $125 million 11. Godzilla: King of the Monsters - $110 million 12. Rocketman - $96 million (Source: Box Office Mojo. All grosses are for U.S. only. Grosses as of Aug. 28.)
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ACTIVISM & POLITICS
DRINKING LIBERALLY Every first and third Thursdays, 7:00 p.m. A gathering of Liberals for an informal discussion of politics, the economy, sports, entertainment, and the world around us. Free to attend. Food and beverages available for purchase. first Thursday of every month, 7 p.m. (912) 341-7427. livingliberally.org/drinking/chapters/GA/ savannah. Tondee’s Tavern, 7 E. Bay Street. LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF SAVANNAH Are you interested in true liberty and freedom? Are you tired of the two-party political system controlling our modern government? Learn how to make a difference and get your voice heard. Join the Libertarian Party of Savannah for our monthly meetings. For more information like our Facebook page. Free second Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. unclemaddios.com. Uncle Maddio’s Pizza, 7805 Abercorn St. RIGHTFULLY HERS PANEL Speakers from four organizations--League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia, Planned Parenthood, 9to5, and One Hundred Miles--will discuss the upcoming Georgia legislative session, how it will affect women in coastal Georgia, and how attendees can get involved. Free, registration requested Tue., Sep. 10, 7 p.m. lwvcga.org/. fpc.presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. SAVANNAH AREA YOUNG REPUBLICANS Get involved. Meetings are the last Tuesday of every month (except for December) at 7:00pm. Contact number: (912) 657-9623 912-604-0797. chairman@sayr.org. sayr. org. VICTORIAN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS The VNA represents all residing, working or otherwise involved in the Victorian District and meets every second Tuesday of each month to the exception of the month of August. Meetings are held at The Mansion on Forsyth Park. Social starts at 5:30 p.m. and meetings start at 6 p.m. There is no fee to attend our meetings. For anyone using the Valet Parking at The Mansion, there is a $5. fee. MEMBERSHIP YEARLY FEES are: Individual $25. - Household (2 people) $40. - Business $50. and Students $10. Free ongoing, 6-7 p.m. vnasavannahga2013@ gmail.com. mansiononforsythpark.com. Mansion on Forsyth Park, 700 Drayton St.
AUDITIONS AND CALLS FOR ENTRIES
AUDITIONS FOR ARMSTRONG YOUTH ORCHESTRA Auditions for our spring session will be held January 9, 2019. Students who played in the Fall 2018 session, and who plan to remain in the same ensemble, do not need to re-audition in January. The January auditions are for new students, or students wishing to move to a different 42 ensemble. Choose your instrument
First Friday for Folk Music
Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. $5 donation September’s performers are Kellie Parr and the Fractions.. FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 7:30 P.M. 912401-1900. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 520 WASHINGTON AVE.
from the list on their website - https:// ayosavannah.org/auditions/ -to see the audition requirements for applicable ensembles. Then, contact them via email at ayosavannah2004@gmail.com to reserve an audition date and time, or with any questions you may have. ongoing. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR THE 2019 SAVANNAH FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL OFFICIAL POSTER DESIGN CONTEST From varied architectural styles to dramatic Spanish moss, there is no shortage of visual inspiration in an iconic city like Savannah. Help bring the historic stories of Savannah to life by joining in on the 2019 Savannah Food & Wine Festival’s search for this year’s signature poster design. The premier culinary and wine festival is opening the poster competition to any artist or student over 18 years of age, in any medium. Let’s see your work. For more information, email info@ savannahfoodandwinefest.com. Through Sep. 30. CALL FOR AUDITIONS FOR SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC Savannah Philharmonic is slated to hold auditions throughout its 2019-20 season, giving vocalists the opportunity to join the Chorus. Auditions for Chorus members who wish to renew their involvement will be held from 6 – 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27 and 6 – 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3. Auditions for singers interested in joining the Chorus will be held from 10 a.m. – 2p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 7, 14, and Jan. 4. Wed., Sep. 4, Thu., Sep. 5, Fri., Sep. 6, Sat., Sep. 7, Sun., Sep. 8, Mon., Sep. 9 and Tue., Sep. 10. CALL FOR AUDITIONS FOR SAVANNAH TALENT SHOWCASE The City of Savannah’s Cultural Resources Department invites local performing artists to apply to audition for the inaugural Savannah Talent Showcase, coming this Fall. Acts ranging from singing and dancing, to magic tricks and comedy are welcomed. Auditions are September 16 & 18 from 5-8 p.m. at the Savannah Cultural
Arts Center. Through Sep. 18. savannahga. gov/savannahtalent. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. CALL FOR DONATIONS FOR PIG ROAST ART AUCTION The Ossabaw Island Foundation (TOIF) seeks donations of Ossabaw Island inspired artwork to be sold in the silent auction at the Pig Roast, our only fundraising event. All types of visual art and fine crafts are welcomed that reveal the voices and mystery of Ossabaw Island. Donor artists are eligible for one complimentary ticket to the Pig Roast. Through Oct. 11. robin@ossabawisland. org. CALL FOR EARLY 19TH CENTURY DANCERS/REGENCY DANCING The Davenport House has a social dance program which meets most Wednesdays at 5 p.m. The Museum is looking for new participants in this free community activity. For information contact info@davenporthousemuseum. org or call 912-236-8097. ongoing. davenporthousemuseum.org. Davenport House, 324 East State St. CALL FOR ENTRY FOR RE::CLAIMED Artists working in all media are invited to submit work for Sulfur Studios’ winter national juried exhibition Re::Claimed. Submitted work must utilize materials and/or imagery that are found, reclaimed, recycled or re-purposed. Artists are encouraged to consider the previous life of their materials and how that material can be highlighted or transformed to support the concept of the work. The deadline is Dec. 8 by 11:59pm. Through Dec. 8. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR 2020 LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM Leadership Southeast Georgia, a leadership development program for professionals in a 10-county coastal region, is calling for nominations for the class of 2020. The program fosters relationships among leaders in the region and offers
professional development related to critical leadership skills and issues such as conflict resolution, self-awareness, communication and strategic thinking. For more information, visit http://www.lsega. com/home.html. ongoing. CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR ON::VIEW ARTIST RESIDENCY We are currently accepting proposals for Late Fall 2019 Residency Sessions: October 8 - November 3 and November 12 - December 8. Thanks to a generous grant from Meowwolf residents my be selected to receive a stipend of up to $500.00 to use for travel, lodging or materials and supplies. Through Dec. 31. sulfurstudios. org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DRIVE THRU ART BOX AT GREEN TRUCK PUB The Drive Thru Art Box is ideal for showing mounted prints of 2-dimensional work, wheat pasted prints, site specific installations, and any other artistic medium that can hold up to direct sunlight and a non climate-controlled environment. Pegboard and hooks allows for flexibility of display options, and LED lighting ensures the work is visible for late night crowds. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. ongoing. greentruckpub.com. Green Truck Pub, 2430 Habersham St. SAVANNAH PHILHARMONIC CHORUS AUDITIONS When singers become a part of Savannah Philharmonic Chorus, they will join an elite group of orchestral musicians and singers along with Maestro Keitaro Harada. The audition is a chance for the Chorusmaster to hear singers’ voices and assess their fit into the Chorus. The auditioner should be prepared to sing a major scale and phrase from a well-known tune, a cappella. The process will then follow with a short rhythm, a sight singing, and a couple of music theory questions. 0 Sat., Sep. 7, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 912-2326002. info@savannahphilharmonic.org. savannahphilharmonic.org/auditionsemployment-internships/. The Collegiate Church of St. Paul the Apostle, 1802 Abercorn. SINGERS NEEDED (PAID ONGOING POSITIONS) : AUDITIONING NOW Singers: St. John’s Church in Savannah (Episcopal) has multiple openings for paid choral singers in the soprano, tenor, and bass-baritone sections. Rate is by call, competitive to the region and commensurate with skills and experience. Rehearsals Wednesdays 7-9pm (Sept-May) and rehearsal/service Sundays 10- noon(approx), year round. Additional calls for Evensong rehearsals and services (Sept-May). Sight reading and/or excellent musicianship is needed; learning parts prior to rehearsal is required for staff singers. For audition times or questions, please contact sbranyon@stjohnssav.org or text 912-572-4326. No prepared material is
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required to audition. Positions open until filled. ongoing. St John’s Episcopal Church, 325 Bull St. on Madison Square.
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HEROFEST This event will kickoff the annual Light The Night fundraising campaign for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. This event is meant to honor all of those affected by cancer and will introduce the 2019 Light The Night Super Heroes, 5 Savannah area pediatric cancer survivors. $20 adults, $10 youth Sat., Sep. 7, 3 p.m. Red Gate Farms, 136 Red Gate Farms Trail,. SCI FANS FOR SENIORS DRIVE Members of the community who would like to donate a new box fan or make a cash donation to purchase a fan may come by SCI’s headquarters at 3025 Bull Street, Savannah between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or donate on-line at www.seniorcitizensinc.org/give. ongoing. Senior Citizens Inc., 3025 Bull St. STAND DOWN FOR HOMELESSNESS RESOURCE AND HEALTH FAIR The Salvation Army, in conjunction with several other national, state and local agencies, is set to host the annual Stand Down for Homelessness Resource and Health Fair. The purpose of the event is to provide much-needed services to the homeless community, many of them veterans. Offerings at this event will include hot meals, haircuts and grooming services, access to clothing and personal
items, a variety of health screenings, and job resources. Wed., Sep. 4, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. 912-651-7420. ruth.keith@va.gov. salvationarmygeorgia.org/savannah/. Salvation Army Community Center, 3000 Bee Rd.
CLASSES, CAMPS & WORKSHOPS
2018 SUMMER BONANZA The program will expose young people to local government, cultural diversity, and positive role models. Strengthening academic development while providing safe, structured, and fun activities for youth is essential. Summer Bonanza meets once per week on Saturday mornings from 10 am – 1 pm at the Moses Jackson Center. Saturdays, 9 a.m. (912) 663-4528. Moses Jackson Advancement Center, 1410B Richards Street. AFTER SCHOOL IMPROV Learn the basics tools, rules and philosophy of Improv in this progressive class. All experience levels are welcome. $60 City Residents / $90 Non-City Residents Mondays. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. BACHATA AND SALSA DANCE CLASSES New 4 week dance series, designed for absolute beginners to learn the fundamentals of Bachata or Salsa for social dancing! Bachata and salsa are fun dances from the Dominican Republic that can be found in cities all over the world,
and is a great way to meet other people and enjoy amazing music. No partner or dance experience needed, just come and have fun! Special discount if you decide to do the salsa and bachata series together! RSVP via facebook or email. $40 for 4 classes, $70 for both bachata and salsa series ongoing. stephaniehmetzger@gmail.com. facebook.com/events/239285403377870/. BASIC CONVERSATIONAL SPANISH The focus of this course is basic conversational abilities. Although this course focuses on conversation, it also develops listening, reading and writing abilities. This class will consist of lecture, audio, visual and speaking in partners and whole group skits. No book is necessary! Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/basicspanish/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. BASIC SELF DEFENSE Essential self-defense for adults. $30/ month Tuesdays, Thursdays, 6 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com. Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street. BEGINNING BELLY DANCE CLASSES Taught by Happenstance Bellydance. All skill levels and styles. Private instruction available. $15 912-704-2940. happenstancebellydance@gmail.com. happenstancebellydance.wordpress.com. BRAZILIAN JIU JITSU CLASSES Monday/Wednesday- Competition 5:30pm
and Fundamentals at 7:00pm Tuesday/ Thursday- Fundamentals at Noon and Fundamentals at 5:30pm Friday- Private Lessons by appointment Saturday- Open Mat at 10:30am ongoing. Serg Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, 401 Mall Blvd. BRIDGE LESSONS Learn to play bridge. BB2 Competitive Bidding: Monday, September 24@7:00PM. BB4: Play of the Hand/ Declarer/Play: Saturday, September 15@10:00AM. Intermediate/Advanced Workshops: Friday, September 14@10:00AM ongoing. 912-228-4838. bridgewebs.com/ savannahclubs. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. COCKTAIL CLASSES Congress Street Up hosts Cocktail Classes every Monday night at 6:30. Learn how to shake and stir like a pro. Learn all about the fancy tools we use and their fascinating history. Impress your friends and make your co-workers envious. $35.00 Mondays, 6:30-8 p.m. 912.220.1249. kblack@historictours.com. facebook.com/ pg/CongressStreetUp/about/?ref=page_ internal. Congress Street Up, 220 W. Congress St. CONTEMPORARY DANCE FUSION CLASS AT THE STUDIO IN THUNDERBOLT Join a classically trained dance teacher for a fun and challenging dance class. Focus on technique, choreography, and whatever else you would like to do! Opportunity CONTINUES ON P. 44
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to learn aerial hammock moves as well. Every Sunday from 6-7pm $20. To reserve a space call/text 912-483-2109 or email ktoyogasurf@gmail.com ongoing. COUNTRY TWO STEP GROUP CLASS Join us every week to learn how to dance to the classics and modern day songs of country music. All levels welcome- beginners to advanced. Each week will progress from the previous. First week is the top of the month and runs for 4 weeks. Sign up today! $40 for 4 weeks Thursdays, 7-8 p.m. 612-4706683. salondebaile.dance@gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. CREATIVITY COACHING Do you have a creative idea but don’t know where to start? Is it time to move forward with your project? Work with your very own creativity coach and learn how to blast through blocks, plan your time, and enjoy the richness of a creative life. You’re Invited To A Free Masterclass: 5 Steps to Turning Your Talents and Expertise Into A Successful Online Coaching Business (even if you have no idea how to get started!) See website for more info at www.laurenl.com/ creativity_coaching/ or contact Creativity@ LaurenL.com ongoing. Online, ---. CREDIT BUILDING FOR ENTREPRENEURS Is bad credit holding you back from starting or growing the business of your dreams? SBAC and CCCS offer FREE credit building workshops to help individuals and small businesses rebuild or establish strong credit to reach their business goals. Come to one credit building workshop and ask how you can qualify for a secured credit card and $1000 loan Free Tue., Sep. 10, 12-1 p.m. 912-232-4700. sbac@sbacsav. com. sbacsav.com/. Small Business Assistance Center, 111 E Liberty Street. DRUM FOLK: A RIDDIMIC RESCUE Join a new folk and funk cultural movement built within the classic traditions of Gullah-Geechee cultural legacy. Learn about juba, hand jive, ring play, ring shout, tambourine, riddimic movement, and vocalization along with the various regional drum legacies connecting national and international culture. $12 per 1.5 hour session Wednesdays, 7 p.m. nowgriot1@ aol.com. sulfurstudios.org. Sulfur Studios, 2301 Bull St. DUI PREVENTION GROUP Offers victim impact panels for intoxicated drivers, DUI, offenders, and anyone seeking knowledge about the dangers of driving while impaired. A must see for teen drivers. Sign in time begins 6:00-6:20 p.m. Panel starts promptly at 6:30 p.m. and ends at approximately 8:00 P.M. Fee is $40.00 money orders or certified bank checks only payable to DUI Prevention Group. Meets monthly, check the website. $40/session (912) 691-4905. info@duipreventiongroup. org. EXCEL BASICS Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool that is essential for managing and presenting data in today’s working environment. In this course, students will use Excel 44 2016 to gain the knowledge and skills
necessary to present information in a consumable and professional format. Visit our website for more information and register today! Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912-478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/excelbasics/. Microsoft Excel is a powerful tool that is essential for managing and presenting data in today’s working environment. In this course, students will use Excel 2016 to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to present information in a consumable and professional format. At the end of this course, students will understand how to: create and edit worksheets summarize data through formulas, formatting, charts and graphs design simple and complex formulas by nesting Excel functions create, manage and launch Macros This course will take place in a computer lab. Students will need to bring a flash drive $120 Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912478-2560. adaniels@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/excelbasics/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. FREE BRIDGE LESSONS Free Bridge Lessons beginning August 19, 2019 from 7-9 pm. For more information call 912-238-4838. ongoing. Savannah Duplicate Bridge Center, 8511 Ferguson Ave. HIGH VIBE / LOW COST YOGA Join Melissa DeLynn for all-levels, beginner friendly Yoga classes. These classes are well-balanced, nourishing, and challenging with an emphasis on philosophy and spirituality. Expect to learn, heal, meditate and connect. $15 Wednesdays, 6-7:15 p.m. 706-614-4715. mdelynn@gmail.com. WELMONT, 1930 Montgomery Street. HYPNOSIS AND GUIDED IMAGERY Hypnosis, Guided Imagery, Mindfulness, Eft, will create neural pathways in the brain Because our brains are neuroplastic it has a positive effect and helps you to recover from anxiety, stress, trauma, and PTSD, It’s great for weight loss and to stop smoking. Kind and compassionate care. 25 years experience. Call 912-927-3432. Website: www. Savannahypnosis.com. Facebook: Alpha Institute. ongoing. JEWELER’S GUIDED OPEN STUDIO Join us for time to practice your skills and knock out some projects you’ve been dreaming up. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants. Students are responsible for their own materials. Prerequisite of Jewelry I or similar instruction from another studio. $30 Thursdays, 1-4 p.m. 912-289-8337. christina@dreamcatstudio. com. dreamcatstudio.com. Use our space to practice your skills and knock out your personal pieces. Tuition includes access to the studio with support from Christina or one of her assistants. Students are responsible for their own materials. Prerequisite of Jewelry I or similar instruction from another studio. $30 Fridays, 6 p.m. 912-289-8337. christina@ dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcatstudio.com. dreamcat studio, Hover Creek RD. LUNCH & LEARN
The community is encouraged to join Keim and HSF at either breakfast or lunch for a program and a discussion on hand-crafted mineral silicate paint finishes. The presentation, which is slightly interactive and participant-friendly, will focus on finishes that chemically bond to concrete, to brick and stone masonry, precast units, CMU block, and mechanically bond to previously-painted mineral-based substrates. Free Thu., Sep. 5, 9 a.m. & noon. (912) 233-7787. nmooers@myHSF. org. myHSF.org. Historic Savannah Foundation, 321 E. York. St. MODERN/AFRICAN FUSION This class is designed for those with an established understanding of dance who wish to expand that knowledge with ongoing practice. $200 City Resident/$240 Non-City Resident Thursdays. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. MUSIC LESSONS AND CLASSES: ALL INSTRUMENTS, ALL AGES Portman’s Music Academy offers private lessons on piano, guitar (electric, acoustic, classical), mandolin, ukulele, banjo, bass guitar, drums, percussion, voice, clarinet, saxophone (alto and tenor), oboe, flute, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, tuba, DJ, Pro Logic, Composition, Ear Training, violin, viola, and cello. Group classes for beginner piano and guitar. Music Adventures for ages 5 to 7. ongoing. 912-354-1500. portmansmusic. com. Portman’s Music Superstore, 7650 Abercorn St. NAMI (NAT’L ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS) FAMILY-TO-FAMILY EDUCATION CLASS Class designed for loved ones of individuals with mental illness. Provides up-to-date info about range of mental illnesses and substance abuse disorders, care giving strategies, self-care, management of stress and emotional overload, and guidance on locating local support and services. FREE Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m. Pam at 912-401-2689. milfield@ bellsouth.net. Wilmington Island United Methodist Church, 195 Wilmington Island Rd. POWER SELF DEFENSE Join us for fun and fitness in the heart of downtown Savannah. Fit912Savannah offers fun, safe, friendly classes in yoga, self defense, dance, and fitness, with more classes coming soon! Have a question, want to register? Contact us at nfo@ fit912savannah.com! Located in the lower level of the United Way Building, 428 Bull Street, Savannah, GA (Enter via the red doors on East Wayne Street) Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7 p.m. fit912savannah.com. fit912savannah.com. Fit912 Savannah, 428 Bull Street. PROJECT MANAGEMENT BASICS This course provides an overview of the 10 knowledge-based principles for managing successful projects: Scope, integration, communication, time, cost, procurement, risk management, quality control, human resources and project stakeholder management. The training includes practical exercises and an in-class group project. Participants receive
a manual, electronic forms and other resource materials. This class provides 12 hours of the 36 hours needed towards the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification for PMI.org. $725 for series Thu., Sep. 5, 6-9 p.m. 912-4782560. adaniels@georgiasouthern.edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/ programs/projectmanagement/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. RESTORE AND RENEW WITH SUE FINKLE Restorative yoga relaxes and heals the body and mind. Sue will lead you through a series of poses that allow you to surrender your body onto supportive blankets. During your practice, full body breath will stimulate relaxation and muscular tension will soften. Complete your practice with Sue’s guided relaxation and float into deep rest. Treat yourself to this practice and see what can open up in you. Yoga students of all ages and levels welcome! This workshop is not heated. $35 Sun., Sep. 8, 1-3 p.m. 912-3492756. programs@savannahpoweryoga. com. savannahpoweryoga.com/ workshops. savannahpoweryoga.com. Savannah Power Yoga, 7360 Skidaway Road Unit J-3. SALSA DANCING This class is open to all skill levels. Learn everything from the basic steps to the more intricate moves, and leave with the confidence to dance outside of the classroom. $120 City Resident/$160 NonCity Resident Mondays. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. SASS & SWAG ADULT HIP HOP Sass & Swag is a high energy, adult hip hop dance class. Learn hip hop grooves you can take to any party or club, and learn a choreographed routine to today’s hottest hits. Mondays at 7:30 pm. $15 Mondays, 7:30 p.m. 323-539-1760. DANCEHOWIWANTTO@GMAIL.COM. DANCEHOWIWANTTO.COM. SAVANNAH JAZZ: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE HISTORY OF JAZZ IN SAVANNAH The City of Savannah Municipal Archives will host a lecture on the history of Jazz in Savannah. The program will be moderated by lifelong educator and former Savannah Mayor, Dr. Otis S. Johnson and features four notable local musicians and educators. Free and open to the public Thu., Sep. 5, 6 p.m. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. SHRM LEARNING SYSTEMS This course is offered in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). SHRM’s Competency Model covers eight behavioral and leadership competencies, including leadership & navigation, ethical practice, business acumen, relationship management, consultation, critical evaluation, global and cultural effectiveness, communication and one technical competency on HR expertise (HR knowledge), of which recruitment and selection, compensation, talent management, training and development,
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employee relations and engagement and compliance are covered. This 36-hour review course provides a broad overview of HR management issues and core body of knowledge. Mon., Sep. 9, 6-9 p.m. 912478-5555. tsoutherlin@georgiasouthern. edu. academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ ce/programs/shrmlearning/. Armstrong Campus, Georgia Southern University, 11935 Abercorn St. STATE OF GEORGIA CHARTER SCHOOLS - SAVANNAH Free Wed., Sep. 4, 10 a.m. Savannah Classical Academy, 705 E. Anderson. SURFING AND UKULELE LESSONS Surfing & Ukulele Lessons and surf camps. Tybee Surf Lessons, Tybee Island/ Savannah. Email or call Turner for more info 808-385-5364. TybeeSurfLessons. com. ongoing. Tybee Island, Tybee Island. TAI CHI The tai chi classes are open to the first 25 participants 60 years of age or older. Wednesdays, 10 a.m. 912-877-0056. Senior Citizens, Inc. Liberty County Neighborhood Center, 800 Tupelo Trail. ZONA ROSA WRITING WORKSHOP Become the writer you were meant to be: Join Zona Rosa, the internationally acclaimed, monthly Savannah-based writing workshops founded and led by award-winning author Rosemary Daniell. Over 180 Zona Rosans have become published authors. For information, contact Rosemary at info@myzonarosa.com. Also ask about the week-long, intensive Sixteenth Annual Zona Rosa Writing and Living Retreat,Tybee Island, July 22-29, 2017. ongoing. No physical address given, none.
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ABENI CULTURAL ARTS DANCE CLASSES Classses for multiple ages in performance dance and adult fitness dance. African, modern, ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, gospel. Held at Abeni. For more info visit https://www.abeniculturalarts.com or call 912-272-2797. ongoing. abeniculturalarts@ gmail.com. abeniculturalarts.com. BUCCANEER REGION SCCA Local chapter of the Sports Car Club of America, hosting monthly solo/ autocross driving events in the Savannah area. Anyone with a safe car, insurance and a valid driver’s license is eligible to participate. See website. ongoing. buccaneerregion.org. CHATHAM RETIRED EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION MEETING The Chatham Retired Educators Association (CREA) is an organization of retired educators and friends of education designed to support educational and community service. $17.00 (optional) second Monday of every month, 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. 912-925-4980. aohoward@ hotmail.com. careyhilliards.com. Carey Hilliard’s (Southside), 11111 Abercorn St. CHATHAM SAILING CLUB Friday evening social event at the clubhouse. Meet Members and their families who all enjoy water based activities but whose prime interest is sailing. This BYOB event is free and all are
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welcome, but Membership is encouraged after several visits once interest is gauged!! We look forward to meeting you. Fridays, 7-10 p.m. pranschkec3@gmail. com. Young’s Marina, 218 Wilmington Island Rd. COASTAL BEAD SOCIETY Our mission is to further the art of beading and bead education within our membership and our communities. Visit website for more info regarding the next Bead-In Class or the next CBS Meeting! ongoing. coastalbeadsociety. com/coastalbeadsociety-com. cgc. georgiasouthern.edu/. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street. FIBER GUILD OF THE SAVANNAHS A club focusing on weaving, spinning, basket making, knitting, crocheting, quilting, beading, rug hooking, and other fiber arts. Meets at Oatland Island Wildlife Center (in the 2nd floor studio), first Saturday of the month (Sept.-June) 10:15am - 1pm. Visit website for more updates! ongoing. fiberguildsav.com. Fiber Guild of the Savannahs, 711 Sandtown Road GA. HOSTESS CITY TOASTMASTERS CLUB Toastmasters International is an organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking abilities through local club meetings, seminars, and contests. Regardless of your level of comfort with public speaking, you will find a club that is interested in helping you improve your speaking abilities. Free Tuesdays, 6:15-7:15 p.m. hostesscity.toastmastersclubs.org. bullstreetlabs.com. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. ONE MILLION CUPS Opportunity to polish your pitching skills while networking and making valuable connections. Pitch your idea/business in front of fellow entrepreneurs and get real-time constructive feedback. 2222 Bull Street, weekly Wednesday 9-10am, no charge, free coffee. www.1millioncups. com/savannah Wednesdays. bullstreetlabs. com. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St.
PROOFREADER’S WHISKEY CLUB Membership includes the first whiskey drink free, free monthly private whiskey tastings from various brands, 15% off the member’s bill for the year, and a personalized book card including a list of 75 whiskeys in each chapter in the DeSoto library. Library series meetings will be the last Thursday of every month and include one free guest pass per member for the year. They will pick a book from the Edgar’s P&P library to hold their personalized book card which will be used to keep track of their progress on the whiskey list. $50 ongoing. eventbrite.com/e/proofreaderswhiskey-club-tickets-42943991635. proofsavannah.com. Edgar’s Proof and Provision, 15 E. Liberty St. THE SAVANNAH CHINESE CORNER The Savannah Chinese Corner welcomes anyone interested in Mandarin language or Chinese culture. Meets every Saturday morning from 10 am to noon. Check the Facebook group to see meeting location. ongoing. facebook.com/groups/ SavannahChineseCorner. Downtown Savannah, downtown. SAVANNAH HOME COOKERY CLUB This is a group for home cooks and bakers to expand, explore, and inspire our skills. Come join us in sharing our culinary adventures. This is a place where we can exchange resources, ideas, and our tastes for food adventure and bring it all home. Meets monthly. This month, the September challenge is to cook or bake a Birthday Treat recipe. Please visit our website for details. Let’s get cooking! Free Sat., Sep. 7, 1-2 p.m. None. SavHomeCookeryClub@gmail.com. meetup.com/SavHomeCookeryClub/. friendshipcoffeecompany.com/index.html. Friendship Coffee Company, 205 Johnny Mercer Blvd, Ste I. SAVANNAH SACRED HARP SINGERS Savannah Sacred Harp Singers welcome you to join our monthly community singing on the second Saturday of the month from 2-4pm at Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church. Sacred Harp is an American tradition of
singing hymns in four part harmony. No particular religious affiliation is required or endorsed. All are welcome. No experience necessary. ongoing. Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church, 10050 Ferguson Ave. SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, in Savannah, Atlanta, and Hong Kong. Tours allow prospective students an opportunity to view classrooms and administrative buildings, galleries, residence halls and dining facilities and see where our students live, learn and prepare for professional careers. Free Mondays-Saturdays. scad. edu/admission/visit-scad/daily-tours. scad. edu/. Savannah College of Art and Design, PO Box 2072. STITCH AND BITCH Slow down and nurture your creative spirit in a constructive, casual atmosphere. Bring a project or enjoy one of our kits curated to focus on the dedicated process of craft: embroidery, knitting, needlework, or any of the fiber arts. All ages are welcome! Cheeseboard + wine deals to be had. Wednesdays, 6-9 p.m. foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. WRUU SUMMER AUCTION WRUU 107.5, Savannah Soundings Community Radio, is holding a virtual auction this summer to raise funds for ongoing broadcasting. Go to http:// www.32auctions.com/WRUU2019 to check out all of the items available to bid on. WRUU was recently voted Best Local Radio Station and Best Local Talk Radio by Connect Savannah readers. Your support will help us to continue to provide an amazing selection of music and in-depth conversations not heard anywhere else on the dial. Bidding starts August 23 and goes through September 13. Thank you for your support! Wed., Sep. 4, Thu., Sep. 5, Fri., Sep. 6, Sat., Sep. 7, Sun., Sep. 8, Mon., Sep. 9 and Tue., Sep. 10. 912-712-5077. program@savsoundings.org. wruu.org/. facebook.com/savsoundings. Savannah Soundings - WRUU - 107.5, 307 E. Harris Street.
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FIRST FRIDAY FOR FOLK MUSIC Monthly folk music showcase hosted by the Savannah Folk Music Society in a friendly, alcohol-free environment. $5 donation September’s performers are Kellie Parr and the Fractions.. first Friday of every month, 7:30 p.m. 912-4011900. patmooneylcsw@bellsouth.net. savannahfolk.org. fpc.presbychurch.net. First Presbyterian Church, 520 Washington Ave. ON THE VERGE This performance will feature Bold City Contemporary Ensemble, a sextet based in the city of Jacksonville, performing staples of the group’s repertoire plus pieces composed by Georgia Southern students. On The Verge brings a unique opportunity to get to know, first-hand, the music of our times. $6 Tue., Sep. 10, 7:30-10 a.m. (912) 344-2801. armstrongboxoffice@
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georgiasouthern.edu. georgiasouthern. edu/armstrongtickets. ASU Fine Arts Auditorium, 11935 Abercorn St. SAVANNAH LIVE! 2-hour high-energy variety show featuring award- winning singers, dancers and band performing 60s, 70s and 80s pop music, rock and roll, Broadway, Motown, Stomp and comedy that’s fun for all ages. $39 adults, $19.50 child Saturdays, 8 p.m. savannahtheatre.com. savannahtheatre. com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St.
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100 BLACK MEN OF SAVANNAH GENERAL MEMBERSHIP Membership in 100 Black Men of Savannah, Inc. consists of men from all walks of life who share a commitment to preparing Savannah youth for the challenges of adulthood. They lead by example, commit their time, abilities, and resources to our mission, and are actively engaged in our program committees. We welcome inquiries and applications for membership from men of good character who have a commitment, time, and resources to strengthening our communities and mentoring our youth. For more info visit http:// www.100blackmensav.org/join free to attend second Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. 100blackmensav.org/join. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. 2019-20 CAMPUS TOURS Free Wed., Sep. 4, 10 a.m. Free Fri., Sep. 6, 11 a.m. Savannah State University-Student Union Ballroom, 3219 College Street. 40 ACRES AND A MULE TOUR This is the story of Savannah and its significant role of promoting slavery throughout the South and it’s the story of the triumph over slavery through faith, culminating in a historic meeting in which the aspirations of 4 million African-Americans became distilled in a single phrase: “40 acres and a mule.” You will visit six of Savannah’s most historic squares as you learn the truth about crucial events that took place in the city between 1733 and 1865 that shaped the life and times of Savannah for years to come. Private tours only. $40 ongoing. 912-6594383. rumpel@40acresandamule.org. 40acresandamule.org. BBQ BLOWOUT: FOOTBALL EDITION This family-friendly event will feature college football games, live music, lawn games, in-house smoked BBQ and sides, and drink specials with Creature Comforts Brewing Co. and Old Fourth Distillery. Sat., Sep. 7, 11 a.m. Cohen’s Retreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd. BIZPITCH SAVANNAH Got an idea for a unique, exciting new product or service? Then consider entering Savannah SCORE’s “BizPitch Savannah™ 2019” entrepreneurial competition. A kinder, gentler version of TV’s “Shark Tank”, aspiring Savannah area entrepreneurs will be able to pitch their new business ideas to a panel of judges for the chance to win over $10,000 in cash and professional business services to help launch their
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Slow down and nurture your creative spirit in a constructive, casual atmosphere. Bring a project or enjoy one of our kits curated to focus on the dedicated process of craft: embroidery, knitting, needlework, or any of the fiber arts. All ages are welcome! Cheeseboard + wine deals to be had. WEDNESDAYS, 6-9 P.M. FOXYLOXYCAFE.COM. FOXY LOXY CAFE, 1919 BULL ST. new business. The competition rules and online application are available at https://bizpitchsavannah.com. For more information, visit the website or contact Savannah SCORE at bizpitchsavannah@ gmail.com. 0 Fri., Sep. 6, 4-6:30 p.m. 912652-4335. bizpitchsavannah@gmail.com. bizpitchsavannah.com. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St,. BLUEPRINT FOR BETTER: PUBLIC SPACES Film is an excellent way to educate, inform, and inspire the public about architecture and the positive impact architects make on a community. With that idea in mind, the AIA Film challenge was born. We are excited to host Georgia’s first viewing of some of the short films entered into the American Institute of Architect’s 2016, 2017, and 2018 competition years as well as a look at “Redemption Square” an entrant in the Architecture and Design Film Festival. Free Mon., Sep. 9, 6 p.m. savannahtheatre.com. The Historic Savannah Theatre, 222 Bull St. BONAVENTURE CEMETERY AFTER HOURS: THE TALKING DEAD $44.95 Sat., Sep. 7, 5 p.m. Savannah, Savannah. BUTLER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SOCK DRIVE Butler Presbyterian Church’s second annual sock drive is underway. If anyone would like to contribute to this venture, please drop off new socks any size or color to Butler Presbyterian Church @ 603 West Victory Drive- Savannah, Georgia. All items will be contributed to members of the homeless community via the various shelters. The drive officially ends at the
end of September. Through Sep. 30. Butler Presbyterian Church, 603 W. Victory Dr. CIRQUE DU CANINES Cirque du Canines, the Dog Circus, comes to the Tybee Post Theater stage. Featuring fantastic dog tricks, one-of-a-kind stunts, high-flying jumps and wall climbing fun, comedy, audience participation, and a dog-gone good time, all set to lively music. This fun-filled show features Border Collies, Rat Terriers, Toy Poodles, Terrier Mixes, the Magical Poodles, Australian Shepherds and more. Adults $20/$25, Children 12 and under $10/$15 Sat., Sep. 7, 3 & 7 p.m. 912-472-4790. info@tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater.org. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. THE DOLPHIN PROJECT The Dolphin Project (TDP) is hosting a dolphin program and research training workshop. Come learn about the habits of and threats to the local wild Bottlenose dolphin. Learn how our crews conduct monthly on-water, photo-ID surveys and how you can become a member of TDP, an all-volunteer research, education and conservation organization. Program is age appropriate for 12+. Minimum age for research participation is 16. Skippers with boats, Team Leaders and Photographers with a 300 mm lens or greater are needed. Visit our web site: http://www. thedolphinproject.org for more information. Free Sat., Sep. 7, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. 912-6573927. thedolphinproject@gmail.com. Richmond Hill Public Library, 9607 Ford Ave. DRINKS AFTER WORK This group is for people that enjoy getting out mid-week, being social
after work, and want to discover new places in the downtown Savannah area. Come have a cocktail, make new friends, and get over the hump. The group will meet on Wednesdays at various establishments throughout Downtown Savannah and nearby area. http://www.meetup.com/Drinks-afterwork/ https://www.facebook.com/ groups/960991837322187/ Wednesdays, 7 p.m. drinksafterworksavannah@gmail. com. meetup.com/Drinks-after-work/ events/227656080/. distillerysavannah. com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. ELECTRIC LUCIFER NIGHT An evening of electronic music deconstructions with performances by Men Smash Atoms, Infinite Neutral, Vinay Arora, and Skippy Spiral. $5 Sat., Dec. 5, 10-11:45 p.m. 912-570-8330. nicodemus@ inbox.com. electriclucifernight.com/. wormholebar.com. The Wormhole, 2307 Bull St. EVENING @ SKIDAWAY - HURRICANE GLIDERS UGA Skidaway Institute researcher Catherine Edwards will discuss her work using underwater robots to improve hurricane forecasts in an Evening @ Skidaway program titled “Hurricane Gliders – Using Ocean Robots to Improve Tropical Storm Forecasts.” Space is limited. To reserve a seat, please call (912) 598-2325 or email mike.sullivan@skio.uga.edu. Free Tue., Sep. 10, 6:30 p.m. 912-598-2325. mike.sullivan@skio.uga.edu. skio.uga. edu. skio.usg.edu/. Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, 10 Ocean Science Circle. THE EXCHANGE CLUB OF SAVANNAH In a rut? The Exchange Club of Savannah welcomes men and women like you to support, serve and encourage the best teachers, students, firefighters, crime fighters, leaders and organizations in our community. Check us out at savannahexchange.org or find us on Facebook. Mondays, noon. 912441-6559. ddewitt30@yahoo.com. Savannahexchange.org. Exchange Club of Savannah, Carey Hilliard’s Abercorn across from Lowe’s. FIRST FRIDAY FIREWORKS Celebrate the end of the week and the beginning of a new month with First Friday Fireworks, presented by Wet Willie’s. Free first Friday of every month, 9:30 p.m. info@riverstreetsavannah.com. riverstreetsavannah.com/event/first-fridayfireworks. Rousakis Plaza, River St. GLOW PARTY! Glow Party at Premier NOW EVERY 1st Saturday of the Month! Come out and Enjoy Drink Specials ALL NIGHT & Free Giveaways ~ Cosmic Bowling starts at 10 PM! Dress to GLOW!! *21+ After 6 PM! FREE first Saturday of every month, 6 p.m.-2 a.m. 912-348-2739. sales@poolerbowl.com. facebook.com/ events/822534741456393/. PoolerBowl. com. Premier Bowl & Bistro, 4 Towne Center Court. HISTORICAL WALKING TOURS WITH SAVANNAH TOURS AND TALES True tales of the Irish Americans, African Americans, and Native Americans of Savannah’s past. Join KT O’Brien, a
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native Savannahian, for a leisurely stroll through the serene squares of Savannah. Frequent stops for seats and refreshments available. Reservations required for tours daily at 10:30am and 8:00pm 2hours $30. Private tours upon request. ongoing. savannahtoursandtales@gmail.com. INCLUSIVITY IN YOGA AND WELLNESS: A PANEL DISCUSSION ON ACCESS This panel discussion is inspired by an interest in opening community and industry dialogue around what barriers exist for different persons and populations in their ability and interest in accessing yoga and wellness spaces. Speakers include Rainé Eliza, Asli Shebe, Weslyn Bowers, and LaRon Dunham. Mon., Sep. 9, 7 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave. IT’S A TWEEN PRODUCTION This showcase of diversified and talented youth within the Savannah community features dance, poetry, music, singing and more. $7 online, $10 door Sat., Sep. 7, 7 p.m. bullstreetlabs.com. Bull Street Labs, 2222 Bull St. LIVE MUSIC Live music featuring local Savannah Legends in an ever changing rotation. All musicians are inspired by the Prohibition Era with a Modern Twist! Enjoy it with a craft cocktail from the Best Bar Staff in Savannah. Thursdays, 9-11 p.m. Congress Street Up, 220 W. Congress St. NIGHTLY SPIRITS GHOST TOUR Explore haunted bars, haunted buildings, and Savannah’s oldest area, all while having time to enjoy some tasty beverages along the way. Step back in time to the 1700’s to explore the parts of Savannah that most only dare to talk about. You’ll hear tales about the dead that haven’t quite moved on, visit some of the most haunted places in the city and get to know the spirits that haunt the locals…and the places that the locals haunt. $20 Fridays, Saturdays, 8:30 p.m. nightlyspirits.com/savannah-ghosttours/. savannahtaphouse.com. Savannah Taphouse, 125 E. Broughton St. THE ORIGINAL MIDNIGHT TOUR One of the spookiest tours in town. Learn about the untold stories of some of the most haunted locations here in Savannah Georgia. Guaranteed to give you a few goose bumps and an unexplained need for a night light. 33.00 ongoing. 1-866666-3323. 6thsenseworld.com. 6th Sense Savannah Tours, 404 Abercorn Street. SCAD DAILY TOURS SCAD offers tours in Savannah, Atlanta and Hong Kong for prospective students and their families. Tours are available daily, excluding Sundays, and allow prospective students an opportunity to view classrooms and administrative buildings, galleries, residence halls and dining facilities and see where our students live, learn and prepare for professional careers. For more information please visit, https:// www.scad.edu/admission/visit-scad/dailytours. ongoing. SCAD Student Center, 120 Montgomery St. SEPTEMBER BIRTHPLACE GENERAL TOURS $15 Wed., Sep. 4, noon. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. $15 Sat.,
Sep. 7, noon. juliettegordonlowbirthplace. org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. SEPTEMBER GIRL SCOUT TROOP EXPERIENCE $13 Sat., Sep. 7, 8:45 a.m. juliettegordonlowbirthplace.org/. Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, 10 East Oglethorpe Ave. SHIRE OF FORTH CASTLE FIGHTER PRACTICE Local chapter of the Society for Creative Anachronism meets Saturdays at Forsyth Park (south end) for fighter practice and general hanging out. For those interested in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. ongoing. savannahsca.org. STEP UP SAVANNAH OPEN HOUSE Drop-in to see the newly renovated Step Up Savannah office. Fri., Sep. 6, 4 p.m. uwce. org/. United Way of Coastal Empire, 428 Bull St. SUMMER 2019 CAMPUS TOURS Free Wed., Sep. 4, 10 a.m. Savannah State University-Student Union Ballroom, 3219 College Street. TELFAIR ACADEMY GUILD MEETING WITH SPEAKER In September, the new Executive Director/ CEO of Telfair Museums, Robin Graeme Nicholson, will be our guest. His topic -The Next Telfair Strategic Plan: Overview of the planning process --- timeline and goals for Telfair Museums with the new strategic plan. Free to Members and their Guests Mon., Sep. 9, 10 a.m.-noon. telfair.org/ jepson/. Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York St. TEXAS HOLD’EM POKER Free point based poker! Beginners welcome! Games at 6:30 pm and 9:00 pm. 0.00 Thursdays, 6:30-11 p.m. 912-9881281. savannasocialmedia@gmail.com. facebook.com/201TapasLounge/. 201 Tapas Lounge, 201 James Blackburn Drive. TWO HOUR WALKING GHOST TOUR Chilling stories & eerie properties that paved the road to this fascinating title. Precolonial ghost history, all the way up to the 21st century. The most complete picture of all of the human psychical and paranormal events that put Savannah on the map as the ghostly city of greatness. Presented by America’s Most Haunted City Tour. ongoing, 9 p.m. 6thsenseworld.com/. UNITED WAY OF THE COASTAL EMPIRE CAMPAIGN KICKOFF Community leaders from local companies, nonprofit organizations, and civic groups all gather to participate in our annual event. Highlights include the announcement of the fundraising goal, recognition of cabinet members, and the results of Pacesetter campaigns already in progress. $30 Thu., Sep. 5, 11:30 a.m. uwce.org/events. savtcc. com. Savannah International Trade & Convention Center, 1 International Dr.
FESTIVALS
FIRST FRIDAY IN STARLAND A monthly art walk featuring galleries, restaurants, boutiques and more. Free first Friday of every month, 6-9 p.m. Starland District, 40th and Bull.
FITNESS
AERIAL YOGA CLASSES Increase flexibility and strength using aerial yoga, a relatively new approach to a traditional yoga practice. We use a silk fabric called a ‘hammock’ to support the weight of our bodies, helping us achieve various postures with more depth, ease and excitement. Every Saturday. Class size limited. Required to register online ahead of time. $25 Saturdays, 12:30-1:45 p.m. 954.682.5694. elyse.thestudio@yahoo. com. thestudiosav.net/schedule.html. AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE Let the excitement begin as Mahogany takes you to the best staycation each and every Tuesday night to the Islands through movement and rhythm. This class will focus on the cultural movement of Afro-Caribbean dance. Get ready for hip winding and arms in the air as we explore our bodies’ rhythm through Caribbean and reggae music. $10 Tuesdays, 6:45-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. AIKIDO CLASSES Aikido is a traditional Japanese martial art developed by Morihei Ueshiba, ‘O Sensei’ or (‘Great Teacher’). On a purely physical level it is an art involving throws and joint locks that are derived from Jujitsu and Kenjutsu (open hand and weapon based techniques). Beyond the self defense aspects of the art its true goal is to challenge its practitioners to discover their best selves. $50/month for JEA Members, $70/month for Non-Members, or $80/8class punch card Tuesdays, Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. 912-604-0958, 912-346-2650. AikiNorm@aol.com, AikidoBilly@hotmail. com. CoastalAikido.com. savannahjea. org. Jewish Educational Alliance, 5111 Abercorn St. BALLET BODY TONING Ballet Body Toning is a ballet inspired workout designed to improve balance, flexibility, and use body resistance to strengthen core, legs & booty. This workout is low impact and scorches major calories and teaches you basic ballet! Call to make a reservation before class. This is a semiprivate class so space is limited! $10.00 Wednesdays, Sundays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. 732.232.3349. FitnessFoodWine@gmail. com. BALLROOM FIT Always wanted to learn how to ballroom dance? Don’t have a partner? Want to get in shape and have fun in the process? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this program is for you! Learn how to ballroom dance and get a great workout in the process. We use all styles of music that are modern or traditional. Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Jive, Samba, Paso Doble, Foxtrot, Waltz, Hustle, and more! Check out our schedule for more details. 4 classes for $40, 10 classes for $80, UNLIMITED for $120 Sundays, 5-6 p.m., Mondays, 6-7 p.m., Tuesdays, 12:30-1 p.m., Wednesdays, 12:30-1 & 6-7 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:30-1 p.m. 612.470.6683. salondebaile.dance@ gmail.com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301
US Hwy 80 SE. BARIATRIC SURGERY SUPPORT GROUP Located in Mercer Auditorium of Hoskins Center at Memorial. For those who have had or are considering bariatric surgery. Call or see website for info. first Wednesday of every month, 7 p.m. 912-350-3438. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. BEGINNING POLE FITNESS Pole fitness is a fun and flirty way to get in shape! Taught by Pole Dance America National Professional Champion Sabrina Madsen, you’ll learn the basics of pole dance in a safe and welcoming environment. Gain strength, balance and confidence. Beginner Classes are open to all shapes and sizes and are for ladies only (men welcome at our Intermediate Class). $25 for drop-in or $100 for a package of 5 classes Tuesdays, 8-9 p.m. 801.673.6737. info@firstcityfitness.com. firstcityfitness. com/pole-fitnessparties.html. First City Fitness, 2127 1/2 Victory Dr. CORE AND MORE WITH MADISON Mondays, 6 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. EXERCISE CLASS Stretches, strengthening and general feel good moves. ongoing. 912-667-0487. Functional Bodies, 821 E. 66th St. FIT4MOM SAVANNAH STROLLER STRIDES A group of moms that meet with strollers and workout at Savannah Mall, Daffin Park and on occasion Hull Park. Also offer HIIT Classes to other Moms who have any age children. The HIIT program is a kid free program. 1 hour long stroller based workout with kiddos. Moms- Pre and Post Natal, and kids of stroller age. Savannah Mall (M,W,F). Daffin Park (T,Th), Hull Park (Sat) ongoing. ashleyyoungblood@ fit4mom.com. savannah.fit4mom.com. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. GET EXCITED AND MOVE This program is designed to combat the effects of Parkinson disease for Savannah/ Chatham-area people and their caregiver. The activities are designed to enhance and improve muscular strength, and endurance, coordination, agility, flexibility, speed work, and voice command. Visit the website for more info. Mondays-Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. & 6-7 p.m. and TuesdaysThursdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m. 912-663-5833. getexcitedandmove.com. Anderson-Cohen Weightlifting Center, 7230 Varnedoe Drive. GLUTE CAMP WITH KAYLA All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Fridays, 12:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. INSANITY LIVE WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Wednesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. ISRAELI KRAV MAGA SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES A system of self-defense techniques based on several martial arts. The official fighting system of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
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Class sessions and intensive workshops scheduled throughout the year and held at CustomFit Center. Visit savannahkravmaga on facebook for more info. 912-224-2085. ongoing. 912-224-2085. facebook.com/ savannahkravmaga. customfitcenter.com. CustomFit Center, 101-A West Park Ave. JIU JITSU/MMA CLASSES Classes everyday. Free woman’s class every Wednesday at 5:30. Other classes 6:30 to 8:30 for everyone else Monday thru Thursday. Kid classes 4:30 to 5:30 Monday thru Thursday. Visit constantexpansion.net for more information. ongoing. Constant Expansion, 302 W. Victory Dr., unit B. LINE DANCE Line dance class teaches basic instructions, coordination, and dance combinations, to the rhythm of different styles of music. Line Dancing is exercise for the body & mind, and is a fun way to dance socially without a partner. Dancing styles covered in this class include Country Western, Swing, Salsa, Tango, Cha Cha, Waltz & more. $10 Wednesdays, 6-7:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. LUNCH CRUNCH WITH CHRISTIAN Mondays, 11:30 a.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. LUNCH CRUNCH WITH MADISON Wednesdays, 11:15 a.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. PILATES CLASS Skidaway Island United Methodist Church (SIUMC) offers, to church and non-church members alike, basic Mat Pilates classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:1510:15 a.m., for only $5.00-$6.25 per class, depending on the number of classes taken per month. Classes focus on improving core strength, posture, flexibility and muscle tone. Participants must be able to lie down and stand up from a floor mat. Class instructor is Elena Bennett, a certified exercise instructor with 25 years of teaching experience. For more information, visit: www.siumc.org/nurture or call 912598-8460. ongoing. siumc.org/. Skidaway United Methodist Church, 54 Diamond Causeway. PINTS + POSES BREWERY YOGA This light hearted 60 minute class taught by Melissa DeLynn will be every first Saturday of the month. $15 for a 60 minute session first Saturday of every month, 11 a.m.-noon. 912-667-0033. natalie@ southboundbrewingco.com. facebook. com/SBpintsposes/. Southbound Brewing Company, 107 East Lathrop Ave. POWER YOGA This is an hour of stretching your mind and body to become one, and a reset in the middle of the work week. Come experience the endless possibilities as you take yourself to the next level with Mahogany. $10 Wednesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. PRANA YOGA Prana Yoga is a practice that integrates breathing techniques and chakra sounds 48 into the yoga. Come experience a deep
sense of grounding, learn to be present, and develop your center, passion, strength, compassion, creativity, intuition, and light. $10 Mondays, 6:45-8 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. PURE BARRE: TUCK AND SIP Join lululemon Savannah & our friends from Pure Barre Savannah for a morning of tucks, mimosas, and your favorite stretchy pants. Sat., Sep. 7, 8:45 a.m. Lululemon, 309 W. Broughton. SHIMMY CHIC Shimmy Chic Fitness is an energetic, fun dance workout based on the ancient art of belly dance- with a modern twist. The class provides calorie-burning and muscle-toning moves, along with increased flexibility, grace, and sense of self. No dance experience necessary. Shimmy Chic provides fun & repetitive routines suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear comfortable workout clothes and sneakers (you do not have to show your stomach). Open to all ages and fitness levels. $10 Thursdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. STUDIO DANCE PARTY Free lesson at 7:30 p.m. Social dancing, light refreshments, and fun. All ballroom dances, Argentine Tango, Hustle, West Coast Swing, and more. $15.00 first Saturday of every month, 7:30-9:30 p.m. 612-470-6683. salondebaile.dance@gmail. com. salondebailedancestudio.com. Salon de Baile Dance & Fitness Studio, 301 US Hwy 80 SE. TRX CIRCUIT TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. TRX FUNCTIONAL TRAINING WITH SHAWN All classes are included in membership and day passes. Please contact gym for more information. Tuesdays, 5:30 p.m. Fitness on Broughton, 1 E. Broughton St. VINYASA YOGA In this vinyasa yoga class you will experience dynamic movements while linking breath, building heat, and endurance. This class is open to all levels. We will explore each pose with special attention to alignment. This class will be the perfect way to start your week and stay energized. $10 Mondays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. WEIGHTED WORKOUT A 45 minute, total body workout that includes a 5 minute warm-up and a 5 minute cool-down/stretch. We will use dumbbells and steps to perform compound functional movements to maximize workout time. $10 Tuesdays, 8-9 a.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca. org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. YOGA - $10 FLOW
Breath based practice designed to ignite your core, strengthen your body, and energize your day. Learn to move fluidly with your breath. All levels welcomefrom beginner to experienced yogi--move through challenges to find your personal change in this dynamic flow. Practiced to light music in warm room. $10 Fridays, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Mondays, 6-7 a.m. and Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m. 9123568280. info@ thehubsav.com. thehubsavannah.com. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham St. YOGA - $8 YIN YASA A slow-paced style of yoga with postures, or asanas, that are held for longer periods of time. A more meditative approach to yoga, its goals are awareness of inner silence, calming the mind, and bringing to light a universal, interconnecting quality. Practiced with relaxing music. $8 Wednesdays, 7:15-8:15 p.m. and Mondays, 7:15-8:15 p.m. 9123568280. info@ thehubsav.com. thehubsavannah.com. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham St. YOGA FOR CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS Free for cancer patients and survivors. The classes help with flexibility and balance while also providing relaxation. Located at FitnessOne, on the third floor of the Memorial Outpatient and Wellness Center. Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. and Thursdays, 12:45 p.m. 912-350-9031. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. YOGA, BARRE, PILATES MAT CLASSES Join our experienced and knowledgeable teachers for a variety of classes at Savannah Yoga Barre. No matter what your fitness/wellness goals or level, we have something for you. Open 7 days a week. New to the studio? 3 Weeks Unlimited class pass $30. Membership options to suit your schedule and budget. We want to welcome you to our studio family and help you on your way to living comfortably in your own skin. Visit our website for full class schedule or call for more info. $$ ongoing. 9122004809. info@SavannahYogaBarre. com. SavannahYogaBarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive. YOGA, PILATES, AND SPIN Flow, Yin Yasa, Sculpt, Pilates, Spin, and the only studio in Savannah with the original Hot Yoga. Introductory Special: $49 for 30 days of unlimited classes. Visit thehubsav.com to see our awesome lineup of teachers and classes. $49 ongoing. 912.356.8280. info@thehubsav.com. thehubsavannah.com. The HUB Savannah, 4505 Habersham St. YOGA@THELIBRARY The All Levels class meets from 10:3011:30 and the Chair Yoga class meets from 12:00-1:00. Tuesdays. Southwest Chatham Library, 14097 Abercorn St. ZUMBA Zumba Fitness is a dance fitness class for everybody and every body! With easy to follow moves, Zumba focuses on a wide variety of Latin and International rhythms. This hour long class is guaranteed to make you sweat. It’s not a workout, it’s a party. $10 Tuesdays, 5:45-6:45 p.m. 912-233-1951. wbsymcagardener@westbroadstreetymca.
org. westbroadstreetymca.org. YMCA-West Broad St, 1110 May St. ZUMBA FITNESS Isn’t lifting weights and running on the treadmill boring? Come join Sheena’s Zumba Fitness class and have fun while burning calories! The class regularly has 75+ participants that know that Sheena is the best Zumba instructor in Savannah! So show up early and see you soon! Free with YMCA membership Tuesdays, 4:30-5:30 p.m. 912-354-6223. facebook. com/ZumbaFitnesswithSheena/. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. ZUMBA FITNESS (R) WITH APRIL Mondays at 5:30pm, Thursdays at 6:30pm. Nonstop Fitness in Sandfly, 8511 Ferguson Ave. $5 for nonmenbers. call for info. ongoing. 912-349-4902.
FOOD & DRINK EVENTS
SAVANNAH BREWERS COLLABORATION Try local and specialty collab beers from Coastal Empire Brewing Co., Moon River Brewing, Service, Southbound and Two Tides. Sep. 6, 5 p.m.. crystalbeerparlor. com. Crystal Beer Parlor, 301 West Jones St. BBQ TAILGATE PARTY Watch the UGA and Georgia Southern football games while enjoying in-house BBQ and sides, drink specials, and lawn games. Featuring Creature Comforts and Old Fourth Distillery. $25 Sep. 7, 3 p.m. Cohen’s Retreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd. FIRE & WINE IN THE COURTYARD Fire & Wine at Foxy Loxy Cafe features halfpriced bottles of wine, courtyard fire-pits, free marshmallows for roasting, and s’more kits. This weekly event is fun for family & friends alike! free 7-11 p.m.. foxyloxycafe. com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. PHO REAL Y’ALL Featuring Pretoria Fields Flowing Well Gose and Second Self Thai Wheat regional beers to complement your first two courses. Finish things off with sweet cool Vietnamese Coffee paired with a side of Red Eye Rye. $45 Sep. 9, 7:30 p.m.. Lilisrestaurantandbar.com. Lili’s Restaurant Bar, 326 Johnny Mercer Blvd.
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BBQ TAILGATE PARTY Watch the UGA and Georgia Southern football games while enjoying in-house BBQ and sides, drink specials, and lawn games. Featuring Creature Comforts and Old Fourth Distillery. $25 Cohen’s Retreat, 5715 Skidaway Rd. BETHESDA FARM AND GARDENS STAND Featuring in season, organic (not certified) veggies, herbs and flowers. All proceeds go directly to funding tuition expenses for Bethesda Academy students. For specialty orders, contact Merrin at merrin. slocombe@bethesdaacademy.org. merrin. slocombe@bethesdaacademy.org. bethesdaacademy.org. Bethesda Academy, 9250 Ferguson Ave. FARM TRUCK 912 The Farm Truck 912 is a mobile market program of the Forsyth Farmers’ Market that aims to improve healthy food access by bringing locally produced fruits and
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vegetables into Savannah’s neighborhoods. Check the website for more info, including the location where the truck would be found in different days of the week. forsythfarmersmarket.com/farmtruck912/. W.W. Law Gym, 909 E. Bolton St. FIRE & WINE IN THE COURTYARD Fire & Wine at Foxy Loxy Cafe features halfpriced bottles of wine, courtyard fire-pits, free marshmallows for roasting, and s’more kits. This weekly event is fun for family & friends alike! free foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. FORSYTH FARMERS MARKET Local and regional produce, honey, meat, dairy, pasta, baked goods and other delights. Rain or shine. Free to attend. Items for sale. 912-484-0279. forsythfarmersmarket.com. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. PHO REAL Y’ALL Featuring Pretoria Fields Flowing Well Gose and Second Self Thai Wheat regional beers to complement your first two courses. Finish things off with sweet cool Vietnamese Coffee paired with a side of Red Eye Rye. $45 Lilisrestaurantandbar. com. Lili’s Restaurant Bar, 326 Johnny Mercer Blvd. PRESS PLAY BOOMBOX BRUNCH Brunch is served from 11 am – 3 pm. Jason B. James Live vinyl DJ spinning classic soul, R&B, indie, rock, pop, and everything in between begins at noon.
foxyloxycafe.com. Foxy Loxy Cafe, 1919 Bull St. SAVANNAH BREWERS COLLABORATION Try local and specialty collab beers from Coastal Empire Brewing Co., Moon River Brewing, Service, Southbound and Two Tides. crystalbeerparlor.com. Crystal Beer Parlor, 301 West Jones St. SUNDAY SUPPER CLUB ecome part of a Savannah tradition. Join us at our festive community table with new friends and old to share in a night of food, libations and southern hospitality. Each Sunday you will experience unique thoughtfully created dishes paired with meticulously selected wines to complement each delicious course. $55 for four-course meal and wine pairings paccisavannah.com. Pacci Italian Kitchen + Bar, 601 E Bay St. TYBEE ISLAND FARMERS MARKET Featuring a variety of produce, baked goods, honey, eggs, BBQ, sauces and dressings, popsicles, dog treats and natural body products. Artisans are also featured each week. The market is non-smoking and pet friendly. Located on beautiful Tybee Island, GA at 30 Meddin Drive. We are right behind the Historic Tybee Lighthouse. Visit the website for more info. tybeeislandfarmersmarket.com. 30 Meddin Drive, 30 Meddin Drive. WEEKLY CASK & FOOD PAIRING Each Wednesday, we create a special
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cask and pair it with a complimentary dish. Follow us on Facebook for more information! moonriverbrewing.com/. Moon River Brewing Co., 21 West Bay St. WINE SAMPLING Sample the variety of wines Lucky’s Market has to offer.
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4TH TRIMESTER WORKSHOP HOSTED BY THE LOWCOUNTRY WELL-BEING COOPERATIVE $20 Thu., Sep. 5, 6 p.m. Hilton Head Island, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. BEE THERAPY HUT SESSIONS Experience the sounds, smells, and vibrations of one of North America’s first ever honeybee therapy houses. Separated by a screen from the four beehives underneath the seating, you will become an extension of the hive. Participants have expressed feelings of deep relaxation and enhanced meditation. 30 min. $30; 60 min. $50 (local discounts) Sundays, 12-6 p.m. 912-629-0908. Savannah Bee Company, Wilmington Island, 211 Johnny Mercer Blvd. BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS St. Joseph’s/Candler’s SmartSenior offers blood pressure screenings on every Monday from 10 AM to Noon in the SmartSenior office, #8 Medical Arts on 836 E. 65th Street. No appointment is necessary; the screenings are free and open to the public. For more information, call (912) 352-4405. ongoing. St. Joseph’s/ Candler Medical Arts Building, 836 E. 65th St. FREE CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Are you gradually feeling more alone as friends and family don’t seem to get what you are going through as the unpaid caregiver of a loved one with dementia, serious illness or disability? Our drop-in and non-disease specific Caregiver Support Group meets twice a month to provide a safe place to connect with others who truly understand. Second Tuesday of each month from 10 – 11 a.m. and/or the fourth Monday of each month from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. at the Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive off Chatham Parkway. 912.629.1331. ongoing. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive. FREE RESTORATIVE YOGA FOR CAREGIVERS Are you the unpaid caregiver for a loved one with dementia, serious illness or disability? Schedule some relaxation time just for you! Our free restorative yoga and deep relaxation classes use bolsters and blankets to support the body and quiet the mind. Dress comfortably and join us at the Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive off Chatham Parkway. 912.629.1331. ongoing. Edel Caregiver Institute, 6000 Business Center Drive. HEALTHY ME! 2019 Savannah Children’s Museum will host a day of healthy living and family fun, showcasing health and wellness programs and a great roster of community partnerships. The event will feature some of Coastal Heritage Society’s Mobile 50 Museum programs, the Charlie Cart mobile
kitchen and Bonnie’s Garden, a garden on wheels that can deliver nutritional programming to any location. $8 Sat., Sep. 7, 10 a.m. Savannah Children’s Museum, 655 Louisville Road. HIGH VIBE/ LOW COST YOGA WITH MELISSA DELYNN Join this accessible, all-levels class for meditative movement, breath and meditation! Ample free parking, beauty facility and no-fuss yoga. Expect a little sweat, philosophy and possibly enlightenment! $15 Wednesdays, 6-7:15 p.m. 706-614-4715. mdelynn@gmail.com. WELMONT, 1930 Montgomery Street. NAMI EDUCATION Second Tuesday of every month NAMI Savannah presents professionals from the community sharing current topics of interest and resources. FREE second Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. 912-3537143. namisavannah.org. The Reed House, 1144 Cornell Street. NATIVE AMERICAN ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Georgia’s only Native American Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Meets every Thursday at 2 pm at 517 East Broad Street, Savannah. Court papers will be signed. Open to all. You do not have to be Native American to attend Free ongoing, 2-3 p.m. 912-712-3314. Islandmedicinewoman@ gmail.com. East Broad Native American Group, 517 East Broad Street. POSTURE CLINIC Learn how to improve your posture and maintain good physical balance throughout your daily life. Join Lynne McSweeney for this one-day clinic and discover how to stretch your body and strengthen your spinal muscles towards awareness and ease. Please dress in comfortable clothes and know that no yoga experience is necessary. $25 Sun., Sep. 8, 1:30 p.m. 912-200-4809. savannahyogabarre.com. Savannah Yoga Barre, 2132 E Victory Drive.
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CHILDREN & TWEEN/TEEN PAINTED HEIRLOOM PORTRAITS These heirloom painted portraits are Renaissance in style with rich tones and neutral expressions, yet at the same time they invoke a modern touch. They showcase the beauty of your child and will give you an absolutely timeless heirloom that your child can one day display in their home and hand down to their children as well. ongoing. 912-266-6100. candy@ candacehiresphotography.com. Candace Hires Photography, 1508 Newcastle St. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL Join us for dinner and VBS! Our theme this year is “Athens: Holy Land Adventure Paul’s Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth”. Imagine leaving a life of privilege and power to face angry mobs, painful imprisonment, and chain-breaking earthquakes - all to spread the life-changing truth of God’s love. Learn the jaw-dropping story of the Apostle Paul straight from Paul himself. We will visit the Marketplace shops, share in Paul’s adventures, play arena games and so much more! This VBS is for the WHOLE family. Registration is going on now! free Mondays-Fridays, 5-7:30
p.m. 912-925-4839. trinityoffice@bellsouth. net. trinitylutheransavannah.org. Trinity Lutheran Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd.
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CALL FOR FORMATION OF REFUGE DHARMA GROUP If you are interested in forming a Refuge Dharma home group in Savannah please respond to John at 912-341-5536. Refuge Recovery is a Buddhist-oriented, nontheistic recovery program for all forms of addiction. ongoing. FIRST CITY NETWORK Georgia’s oldest LGBT organization (founded in 1985) is a local non-profit community service organization whose mission is to share resources of health care, counseling, education, advocacy and mutual support in the Coastal Empire. Members and guests enjoy many special events throughout the year, including First Saturday Socials held the first Saturday of each month at 7pm. Mondays. 912-236CITY. firstcitynetwork.org. FIRST CITY PRIDE CENTER TOWN HALL First City Network, Savannah Pride and the Savannah LGBTQ Center invite the public to attend an open Town Hall to discuss a proposal to merge the three organizations into one, the First City Pride Center. The merged organization will consolidate fundraising efforts and organizational costs, providing the opportunity to grow and greater serve the needs of the LGBTQ community. Thursday, September 5 @ 7pm, Asbury United Methodist Church, 1008 E. Henry Street. Through Sep. 5. Asbury Memorial United Methodist Church, 1008 Henry St. GAY AA MEETING True Colors Group of Alcoholics Anonymous, a gay and lesbian AA meeting that welcomes all alcoholics, meets Thursdays and Sundays, 7:30pm, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 311 E. Harris, 2nd floor. New location effective 11/2012. ongoing. SAVANNAH LGBTQ+ TOWN HALL MEETING FCN, Pride, Jeffrey’s Place, and the Savannah LGBT Center will merge to form the First City Pride Center (FCPC), effective January 1, 2020. Please join a Savannah LGBTQ+ Town Hall Meeting to ask questions and understand the reasons and benefits of the merger of FCN, Pride, Jeffrey’s Place, and the Savannah LGBT Center. Thu., Sep. 5, 7 p.m. firstcitynetwork. net/. First City Network, 307 E Harris St. SAVANNAH PRIDE, INC. Organizes the annual Savannah Pride Festival and helps promote the well-being of the LGBTQI community in the South. Mission: unity through diversity and social awareness. Second Tuesday/month. PO Box 6044, Savannah, GA 31414. 501c nonprofit. ongoing. info@savannahpride.com. savannahpride.com.
LITERARY EVENTS
BEVERLY WILLETT BOOK LAUNCH Thu., Sep. 5, 6 p.m. 24estyle.com/. 24e, 24 E. Broughton St. BEVERLY WILLETT BOOK LAUNCH HOSTED BY E SHAVER BOOKSELLERS
Beverly Willett will have a reading of her memoir, “Disassembly Required,” be in conversation with Melanie Bowden Simon, and sign copies of her book. Each recipient of a signed book will also receive a surprise gift from Willett. E. Shaver hosts the event. You can purchase the book at the event or preorder it at eshaverbooks.com. Thu., Sep. 5, 6-8 p.m. 24estyle.com/. 24e, 24 E. Broughton St. BOOK SIGNING WITH JEN THOMAS Jen Thomas is the author of “Our Hearts are the Same.” Sat., Sep. 7, 11 a.m. eshaverbooks.com/. E Shaver Booksellers, 326 Bull St. HISTORICAL WRITERS GUILD The HWG will endeavor to offer a variety of programs for both published and unpublished writers to promote historical fiction and creative non-fiction. All compatible and cross-genre works to historical writing are welcome. HWG is also open to hobbyist writers to enjoy a relaxed and fun environment. Visit website for more info. Annual dues $20 second Monday of every month, 7-9 p.m. 713907-8627. hwg.rh@comcast.net. google. com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=Hi storical+Writers+Guild+sav+ga&ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8. Richmond Hill Museum, 11460 Ford Ave. I WAS BORN TO BE IN A LIBRARY: PAT CONROY’S GREAT LOVE OF LIBRARIES Pat Conroy (1945-2016) is synonymous with the lowcountry. We will discuss his lifetime love of reading and libraries. Through images and writings, journey into the book-filled world of one of our country’s most beloved writers. Free and open to the public. Registration encouraged. Tue., Sep. 10, 5:30 p.m. 912-652-3600. communications@liveoakpl.org. libcal. liveoakpl.org/calendar/programs/conroy. liveoakpl.org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. LECTURE: REMAKING HISTORY AT GEORGE WASHINGTON’S BIRTHPLACE The first lecture will be presented by Dr. Phillip Levy, History Professor at the University of South Florida. His lecture titled “Remaking History at George Washington’s Birthplace,” will explore new findings from 16th and 17th century documentation and archaeology related to the family of George Washington. Free Tue., Sep. 10, 6:30 p.m. chsgeorgia.org/. The Savannah History Museum, 303 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. LECTURE: TENA CLARK The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home will welcome famed music producer, songwriter and author Tena Clark, who will speak about Southern Discomfort, her memoir about growing up in the South. Her childhood was permeated by many of the themes of O’Connor’s own life and work. Free and open to the public Sun., Sep. 8, 4 p.m. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 East Charlton Street. LET’S ROAM SAVANNAH SCAVENGER HUNT Searching for an exciting outdoor activity in Savannah? The hunt is over! Download the Let’s Roam scavenger hunt app and start exploring today! Tourist, local, or new to town, this is a lively small group
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DOLPHIN PROJECT Dolphin Project’s Education Outreach Program is available to speak at schools, clubs, organizations. A powerpoint presentation with sound and video about estuarine dolphins and their environment. Age/grade appropriate programs and handouts. See website for info. ongoing. thedolphinproject.org. FIRST SATURDAY HIKE This moderately-paced, 3-mile hike will include a talk about the different ecosystems of the park. Wear sturdy shoes and bring water and insect repellant. Parking pass is $5. Visit website for more info. $2 first Saturday of every month, 10-11 a.m. 912-727-2339. explore.gastateparks. org/info/213723?c=16531490. gastateparks.org/FortMcAllister/. Fort McAllister Historic Park, 3894 Fort McAllister Rd. GARDENING SESSION Learn how to garden and harvest vegetables and herbs to bring home. Kerry Shay, an organic farmer and owner of landscaping company Victory Gardens, provides free instruction. First and third Saturday of every month. Free and open to the public first Saturday of every month, 9:30 a.m. charleshmorriscenter.com. Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St. WALK ON THE WILD SIDE A two-mile Native Animal Nature Trail winds through maritime forest, freshwater wetland, salt marsh habitats, featuring live native animal exhibits. Open daily, 10am4pm except Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. WILDERNESS SOUTHEAST A variety of programs each month including guided trips with naturalists. Canoe trips, hikes. Mission: develop appreciation, understanding, stewardship, and enjoyment of the natural world. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-236-8115. wildernesssoutheast.org.
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LOW COST PET CLINIC TailsSpin and Dr. Stanley Lester, DVM, host low-cost pet vaccine clinics for students, military and seniors the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month. 5pm6pm. Vaccinations: $12, ($2 is donated to Savannah pet rescue agencies). See website for info. ongoing. tailsspin.com.
tailsspin.com. TailsSpin Pet Supplies Store, 4501 Habersham St., Habersham Village. ST. ALMO’S Savannah True Animal Lovers Meeting Others. Informal dog walks on Sundays, 5pm (weather permitting). Meet at Canine Palace. Call for info. ongoing. 912-2343336. caninepalacesavannah.com. Canine Palace Inc, 618 Abercorn St. WET NOSE WEDNESDAY Bring your well-behaved furry canine friends in for treats provided by our friends at Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming Savannah, and a night on the town while you enjoy all your favorite Ghost Coast spirits! Coastal Pet Rescue will be here with adoptable furry friends and $1 from every drink purchased will go to support their mission. FREE first Wednesday of every month, 4-8 p.m. 912298-0071. kelcie@ghostcoastdistillery.com. facebook.com/events/289959818533504/. ghostcoastdistillery.com. Bring your wellbehaved furry canine friends in for treats provided by our friends at Woof Gang Bakery & Grooming Savannah, and a night on the town while you enjoy all your favorite Ghost Coast spirits. Coastal Pet Rescue will be here with adoptable furry friends and $1 from every drink purchased will go to support their mission. first Wednesday of every month, 5 p.m. ghostcoastdistillery. com. Ghost Coast Distillery, 641 Indian St.
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GRATITUDE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARES Gather with others to share gratitude. Everyone welcome. Park next to Bull Street Library. Wednesdays, 12-12:30 p.m. 917-676-4280. facebook.com/ savannahgratitude. liveoakpl.org. Bull Street Library, 2002 Bull St. GUIDED SILENT PRAYER Acoustical songs, 30 minutes of guided silent prayer, and minutes to receive prayer or remain in silence. Wednesdays, 6:45-8:00pm at Vineyard Church, 615 Montgomery St. See website for info. ongoing. vineyardsavannah.org. SAVANNAH FRIENDS MEETING (QUAKERS) Un-programmed worship. 11am Sundays, Joy Cottage behind Wesley Oak United Methodist Church. Call or email for info. All are welcome. ongoing. 636-233-1772. savannahquakers@gmail.com. Wesley Oak United Methodist Church, 3124 East Victory Drive. SAVANNAH REIKI SHARE During shares, participants take turns giving and receiving universal life force energy via Reiki and other healing modalities. Present at the shares are usually no less than 2 Reiki Masters. Come share with us on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month at the Sweet Water Spa in downtown Savannah. Sign up at Savannah Reiki Share or Reiki by Appointment on Facebook. Free ongoing, 7 p.m. 440-3715209. Sweet Water Spa, 148 Abercorn Street. SERVICE OF COMPLINE Enter the stillness of another age. Gregorian Chant sung by candlelight at 9:00-9:30 p.m. every Sunday night by the Complne Choir of Christ Church Anglican. CONTINUES ON P. 52
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activity that anyone can enjoy. Lace up your walking shoes and get ready to experience Savannah like you never have before. Snap pics, race against the clock, and put your navigation skills to the test as you roam through Savannah discovering different destinations along the way, Historic Savannah Adventure has it all! Through Dec. 31, 2020, 1 a.m.-11:45 p.m. 833-2027626. support@letsroam.com. letsroam. com/scavenger_hunt/historic_savannah_ scavenger_hunt?utm_source=partner&utm_ medium=mwrtvxmr. LetsRoam!, 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue.
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Come, say good nigh to God. All are welcome. ongoing. Christ Church Anglican, 37th and Bull. TAPESTRY CHURCH A church for all people! We don’t care what you are wearing, just that you are here. From the moment you walk in until the moment you leave, Tapestry is committed to delivering a creative, challenging, straight forward, and honest message about the role of biblical principles in your life. Come experience an environment that helps you connect with God and discover his incredible purpose for your life. Join us every Sunday morning 10AM at the Habersham YMCA. Sundays, 10 a.m. tapestrysavannah.com. YMCA (Habersham Branch), 6400 Habersham St. THEOLOGY ON TAP Meets on the third Monday, 8:30pm-10:30pm. Like the Facebook page: Theology on Tap Downtown Savannah. ongoing. distillerysavannah.com. The Distillery, 416 W. Liberty St. WOMEN OF AUTHORITY/ RED DRESSES AND CROWNS $25 Sat., Sep. 7, 11 a.m. Holiday Inn Express, 4601 U.S. 17.
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FILM: TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM This documentary on Toni Morrison features the iconic master-novelist at 87, just months before her recent passing, reflecting on her life and works and the subjects of race, history, American identity, and the human condition. Presented by CinemaSavannah. $10, cash preferred Fri., Sep. 6, 6:30 p.m. Savannah Cultural Arts Center, Corner of MLK and Oglethorpe Streets. FILM: GONE WITH THE WIND “Gone with the Wind,” winner of 10 Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress, has been declared the fourth Best Film of all time by the American Film Institute. $10 Thu., Sep. 5, 7 p.m. 9124724790. info@ tybeeposttheater.org. tybeeposttheater. showare.com/. tybeeposttheater.org. Tybee Post Theater, 10 Van Horne. FORGOTTEN B&W MURDER MYSTERIES DOUBLE FEATURE The PFS has paired two little-known, shorter-than-average B&W murder mysteries from the late 1950s and early
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1960s into one extremely fun doublefeature. Both are highly recommended for fans of old-school thrillers. $7 Wed., Sep. 4, 8 p.m. sentientbean.com. The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Ave.
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ADULT AND JUNIOR TENNIS CLINICS On Thursdays. Intended for a class size of 4-8 students. Buy four classes, get the fifth class free. $15 per class ongoing. 912-201-2000. westinsavannah.com. theclubatsavannahharbor.com/index.php. The Club at Savannah Harbor, #2 Resort Dr. ADULT COED FLAG FOOTBALL LEAGUE 8x8 Coed Flag League. Play adult sports, meet new people. Sponsored by Savannah Adult Recreation Club. Wed. nights/Sun. mornings, at locations around Savannah. $450. Minimum 8 games. Ages 18+. Coed teams. See website or call for info. ongoing. 912-220-3474. savadultrec.com. BEARS ELITE FOOTBALL Learn the fundamentals of football. Ages 4-12. Sign up now. Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30-7:30 p.m. 912-272-6684. Daffin Park, 1198 Washington Ave. CORNHOLE TOURNAMENT Each team of two will receive a complimentary Naturday beer! Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third place. Live music and great food & drink specials all day long. Sat., Sep. 7, 2 p.m. blowinsmokesavannah.com. Blowin’ Smoke Southern Cantina, 1611 Habersham St. DERBY DEVILS ROLLER DERBY CLASSES Roller derby league offers 12-week courses for beginners, recreational scrimmaging for experienced players and two annual bootcamp programs. See website for info. ongoing. savannahderby.com. GRIEF 101 SUPPORT GROUP Seven-week morning or evening adult support group offers tools to learn to live with loss. Tuesdays, 10am-11am; or Thursdays, 6:00pm-7:00pm. Free of charge. Offered by Hospice Savannah, Inc. Call for info. ongoing. 912-303-9442. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive. SATURDAY GROUP RUN OR WALK Join us in our quest for fitness. Beginners are welcome. We can help you exceed your fitness goals. Free Saturdays, 7-8:15 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live.com. savystrider.com. Lake Mayer, 1850 E. Montgomery Crossroads. SAV. STRIDER WEEKLY GROUP RUN OR WALK DOWNTOWN Join us for a run or walk downtown or over the bridge if you’re feeling froggy. The best part is afterwards when we get coffee or whatever else your heart desires from Savannah Coffee Roasters. Free Sundays, 7-8 a.m. 912-398-4130. runthecity@live. com. savystrider.com. Savannah Coffee Roasters, 215 West Liberty Street. SAVANNAH BIKE POLO Like regular polo, but with bikes instead of horses. Meets weekly. See facebook for info. ongoing. facebook.com/ savannahbikepolo. UGA SAVANNAH CHAPTER ALUMNI GAME WATCHING PARTY
The Dawgs are back in action and we can’t think of a better way to watch than surrounded by fellow UGA alumni, friends and fans. Put on your spirited red and black and head to one of the Savannah chapter’s game watching parties to watch the Bulldogs play. These events are free, fun and attended by passionate graduates and fans of the University of Georgia. Whether you’re a graduate, parent or friend – all are welcome. Join the Savannah Dawgs at 2 locations for game watching parties this season. Parties will begin one hour before kick-off. Through Dec. 31. bdburgers.net. B & D Burgers (Congress St.), 912-238-8315. ULTIMATE FRISBEE Come play Ultimate! Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm until dark. Sundays, 4:30pm until we get tired. The west side of Forsyth Park. Bring a smile, two shirts (one light or white, one dark), water, and cleats (highly recommended). ongoing. savannahultimateproject@gmail.com. savannahultimateproject.wordpress.com/ pick-up/. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave. ULTIMATE FRISBEE FALL LEAGUE Come play top ultimate frisbee. All are welcome. Registration deadline is Wed., Aug. 29, and play begins Sun., Sept. 8. $30 gets you a jersey and a pizza party. To sign up and for more information, visit ultimatecentral.com/en_us/e/2019ultimate-fall-league or visit Savannah Ultimate Frisbee Pickup on Facebook. ongoing. Forsyth Park, Drayton St. & East Park Ave.
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ADULT CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS Adult children of Alcoholics is a fellowship and support group for those who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes. Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. 24 Hour Club, 1501 Eisenhower Drive. AL-ANON FAMILY GROUPS Are you troubled by someone else’s drinking? Please go to alanon.org for daily meeting schedule. ongoing. savannahalanon.com. ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS For people who want or need to stop drinking, AA can help. Meetings daily throughout the Savannah area. Free to attend or join. Check website for meeting days/times, or call 24 hours a day. ongoing. 912-356-3688. savannahaa.com. BACK PAIN SUPPORT GROUP Second Monday of every month,7:00pm. Denny’s Restaurant at Hwy. 204. Everyone is welcome. For more info, contact Debbie at 912-727-2959 ongoing. BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD INJURY SUPPORT GROUP A program for people who have experienced a brain or spinal cord injury and their family members and caregivers. The group meets from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at Memorial Health University Medical Center. For more information, call (912) 350-7274. ongoing. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth. com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. CANCER SURVIVORSHIP PROGRAM Cancer survivorship covers the physical,
psychosocial and economic issues of cancer from diagnosis and beyond. Cancer survivorship programs focus on the health and well-being of cancer patients beyond diagnosis and treatment. It also includes follow follow-up treatment, long-term effects of treatment and quality of life. ongoing. 912-819-5704. sjchs.org/cancer/ our-care/cancer-survivorship. Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion, 225 Reynolds Ave. KID’S GRIEF 101 A seven-week structured educational/ support group for children ages 6-17. Offers support and coping tools, utilizing play and activity in learning to live with loss. Meets Tuesday evenings from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Call 912.303.9442 to register for next session. 2019 dates are January 8-February 19; March 5-April 16; June 25-August 6; August 20-October 1; October 15-November 26. ongoing. 912-303-9442. hospicesavannah.org/what-services-areavailable/grief-and-healing/grief-supportschedule/. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive. FORGOTTEN VICTIMS SUPPORT GROUP The Forgotten Victims Support Group is intended for parents, relatives, friends or anyone who has suffered a traumatic loss or been made to feel like an outcast due to their relationship with someone who has been convicted of a crime. Free and open to the public Through Oct. 10. Demere Center for Living, 6000 Business Center Dr. GREATER SAVANNAH BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP Breast cancer patients and their caregivers in the greater Savannah, Hilton Head, and coastal Georgia area are invited to join this group. The meetings often feature presentations from the local medical community, are informal, and are conducted in a discussion format to encourage participation. For more information, call 912-897-3933. second Sunday of every month, 4-6 p.m. Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute (at Memorial Health Univ. Medical Center), 4700 Waters Ave. GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS Hospice Savannah’s Full Circle offers a full array of grief support groups and individual counseling for children, teens and adults is available at no charge. Full Circle also has an office in Effingham County. Bereavement Counselor, Barbara Moss, MSW, holds office hours each Monday at the United Way’s Effingham Service Center, located at 711 Zitterour Drive in Rincon. To find out more or to schedule an appointment, call Barbara directly at 912-629-1089. ongoing. 912-303-9442. hospicesavannah.org/what-services-areavailable/grief-and-healing/grief-supportschedule/. HEAD AND NECK CANCER SUPPORT GROUP MEETING Head and Neck Cancer Support Group is for people with cancers of the head and neck and their caregivers. Each meeting includes a discussion with cancer treatment experts and a group discussion. The group meets at 1:30 p.m. on the third Wednesday of every month in the ACI
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NAMI Savannah is offering their monthly Mental Health Education meetings on the second Tuesday of every month from 6-8 PM at The Reed Clubhouse on 1141 Cornell Drive, Savannah. Connections Group which is for anyone with a Mental Health diagnosis is offered weekly on Tuesday nights from 6-8 PM at The Trinity Lutheran Church at 12391 Mercy Blvd, Savannah. Family Support Group is offered on the last Monday of the month at The Reed Clubhouse on 1144 Cornell Drive, Savannah from 6-8 PM. Please call for any further information. NAMI Savannah phone number is 912-353-7143 second Tuesday of every month, 6-8 p.m. Trinity Lutheran
Church, 12391 Mercy Blvd. PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP For more information call: Sarah Bernzott – 912-704-2059 Alice Gerber – 912-7865447 ongoing. 912-355-6347. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. PET BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP This group meets on the first and third Thursday of each month and helps pet owners get through the loss of their animals. Contact Jeffrey Wittig at jeffwitt912@gmail.com for more information. ongoing, 7:30 p.m. The Foundery Coffee Pub, 1313 Habersham St. PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: MAN TO MAN
FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19)
John Muir (1838–1914) was skilled at creating and using machinery. In his twenties, he diligently expressed those aptitudes. But at age 27, while working in a carriage parts factory, he suffered an accident that blinded him. For several months, he lay in bed, hoping to recuperate. During that time, Muir decided that if his sight returned, he would thereafter devote it to exploring the beauty of the natural world. The miracle came to pass, and for the rest of his life he traveled and explored the wilds of North America, becoming an influential naturalist, author, and early environmentalist. I’d love to see you respond to one of your smaller setbacks—much less dramatic than Muir’s!— with comparable panache, Aries.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Of all the children on the planet, three percent live in the U.S. And yet American children are in possession of forty percent of the world’s toys. In accordance with astrological omens, I hereby invite you to be like an extravagant American child in the coming weeks. You have cosmic permission to seek maximum fun and treat yourself to zesty entertainment and lose yourself in uninhibited laughter and wow yourself with beguiling games and delightful gizmos. It’s playtime!
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
The *ama* are Japanese women whose job it is to dive to the sea bottom and fetch oysters bearing pearls. The water is usually cold, and the workers use no breathing apparatus, depending instead on specialized techniques to hold their breath. I propose we make them your inspirational role models. The next few weeks will be a favorable time, metaphorically speaking, for you to descend into the depths in quest of valuables and inspirations.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Renowned Cancerian neurologist Oliver Sacks believed that music and gardens could be vital curative agents, as therapeutic as pharmaceuticals. My personal view is that walking in nature can be as
medicinal as working and lolling in a garden. As for music, I would extend his prescription to include singing and dancing as well as listening. I’m also surprised that Sacks didn’t give equal recognition to the healing power of touch, which can be wondrously rejuvenating, either in its erotic or non-erotic forms. I bring these thoughts to your attention because I suspect the coming weeks will be a Golden Age of non-pharmaceutical healing for you. I’m not suggesting that you stop taking the drugs you need to stay healthy; I simply mean that music, nature, and touch will have an extra-sublime impact on your well-being.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
If you visualize what ancient Rome looked like, it’s possible you draw on memories of scenes you’ve seen portrayed in movies. The blockbuster film *Gladiator*, starring Russell Crowe and directed by Ridley Scott, may be one of those templates. The weird thing is that *Gladiator*, as well as many other such movies, were inspired by the grandiose paintings of the ancient world done by Dutch artist Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912). And in many ways, his depictions were not at all factual. I bring this to your attention, Leo, in the hope that it will prod you to question the accuracy and authenticity of your mental pictures. The coming weeks will be a favorable time to get fuzzy and incorrect memories into closer alignment with the truth, and to shed any illusions that might be distorting your understanding of reality.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
I don’t know if the coming weeks *will* be an Anais Nin phase for you. But they *could* be if you want them to. It’s up to you whether you’ll dare to be as lyrical, sensual, deep, expressive, and emotionally rich as she was. In case you decide that YES, you will, here are quotes from Nin that might serve you well. 1. It is easy to love and there are so many ways to do it. 2. My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace with exactly who and what I am. 3. I am so thirsty for the marvelous
This group is for prostate cancer patients and their caregivers. Meets in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Wednesdays, 6-8 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. PRYME MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SUPPORT GROUP The Pryme Multiple Sclerosis Support Group will meet on the second Tuesday of the month in the Marsh Auditorium at Candler Hospital at 6 p.m. This group provides an opportunity for people with MS and their family and friends to get together
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that only the marvelous has power over me. Anything I can not transform into something marvelous, I let go. 4. Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. 5. It was while helping others to be free that I gained my own freedom.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
“When you’re nailing a custard pie to the wall, and it starts to wilt, it doesn’t do any good to hammer in more nails.” So advised novelist Wallace Stegner. I hope I’m delivering his counsel in time to dissuade you from even trying to nail a custard pie to the wall—or an omelet or potato chip or taco, for that matter. What might be a better use of your energy? You could use the nails to build something that will actually be useful to you.
ing as much as forty pounds and having a diameter of nineteen inches. The seed takes seven years to grow into its mature form, then takes an additional two years to germinate. Everything I just said about the coco de mer seed reminds me of you, Capricorn. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you’ve been working on ripening an awesome seed for a long time, and are now in the final phase before it sprouts. The Majestic Budding may not fully kick in until 2020, but I bet you’re already feeling the enjoyable, mysterious pressure.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
“I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them,” wrote author Amy Tan. My Scorpio friend Audrey once made a similar confession: “I buried my secrets so completely from the prying curiosity of other people that I lost track of them myself.” If either of those descriptions apply to you, Scorpio, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to secure a remedy. You’ll have extra power and luck if you commune with and celebrate your hidden feelings and buried secrets.
If you throw a pool ball or a bronze Buddha statue at a window, the glass will break. In fact, the speed at which it fractures could reach 3,000 miles per hour. Metaphorically speaking, your mental blocks and emotional obstacles are typically not as crackable. You may smack them with your angry probes and bash them with your desperate pleas, yet have little or no effect. But I suspect that in the coming weeks, you’ll have much more power than usual to shatter those vexations. So I hereby invite you to hurl your strongest blasts at your mental blocks and emotional obstacles. Don’t be surprised if they collapse at unexpectedly rapid speeds.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
“No Eden valid without serpent.” Novelist Wallace Stegner wrote that pithy riff. I think it’s a good motto for you to use in the immediate future. How do you interpret it? Here’s what I think. As you nourish your robust vision of paradise-on-earth, and as you carry out the practical actions that enable you to manifest that vision, it’s wise to have some creative irritant in the midst of it. That bug, that question, that tantalizing mystery is the key to keeping you honest and discerning. It gives credibility and gravitas to your idealistic striving.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
The coco de mer is a palm tree that grows in the Seychelles. Its seed is huge, weigh-
In the thirteenth century, the Italian city of Bologna was serious about guarding the integrity of its cuisine. In 1250, the cheese guild issued a decree proclaiming, “If you make fake mortadella . . . your body will be stretched on the rack three times, you will be fined 200 gold coins, and all the food you make will be destroyed.” I appreciate such devotion to purity and authenticity and factualness. And I recommend that in the coming weeks, you commit to comparable standards in your own sphere. Don’t let your own offerings be compromised or corrupted. The same with the offerings you receive from other people. Be impeccable.
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to share information, develop coping strategies, receive support and become involved in community activities. For more information, please call Fran McCarey at 819-2224. second Tuesday of every month, 6 p.m. sjchs.org/. Candler Hospital, 5353 Reynolds St. RAPE CRISIS CENTER Assists survivors of rape and sexual assault. Free, confidential counseling for victims and families. 24-hour Rape Crisis Line operates seven days a week. 912-2337273. ongoing. SPINAL INJURY SUPPORT GROUP Third Thursdays, 5:30pm, at the Rehabilitation Institute at Memorial. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-350-8900. memorialhealth.com. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave. SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE SUPPORT GROUP Suicide often leaves survivors with guilt, anger, hurt and unanswered questions. Hospice Savannah/United Way of Coastal Empire/Coastal Suicide Prevention Alliance offer an ongoing support group. Third Thursdays, 6:30-7:30pm. Safe and confidential. Free to attend. Barbara Moss at Full Circle of Hospice Savannah, 912629-1089. ongoing. Full Circle Grief and Loss Center, 6000 Business Center Drive. TEENS WITH NO ONE TO TURN TO Help for people ages 11-18, or concerned parents of teens. Park Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter. Call or see website. ongoing. 912-234-4048. parkplaceyes.org. WALK AND TALK THERAPY Initial secure telehealth session followed by 2 “walk & talk”40 min sessions in tranquil nature settings. Well rounded physical and mental health for adults who want to reduce anxiety with a licensed therapist. All Summer & Fall. Check it out and schedule now: www.counselorcoachconfidant. com or 478 569-7069. Counselor, Coach, Confidant - ask for Felicia. ongoing. YOUNG SURVIVAL COALITION Young breast cancer patients and their caregivers in the greater Savannah, Hilton Head, and Coastal Georgia area are invited to join this group. Meetings include presentations from local medical community and discussions. Meetings conducted in the Conference Room of the Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute. Saturdays, 4-6 p.m. 912-897-3933. memorialhealth.com/. Memorial Health University Medical Center, 4700 Waters Ave.
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Ave. CALL FOR AFFINIS FOR HOSPICE ANGELS Do you have a big heart and time to share? Become a Hospice Angel to help individuals that are seriously ill and/ or Homebound. If you are interested in volunteering, call 912-748-6000 or email hospiceangels@affinishospice.org. ongoing. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR BONAVENTURE Bonaventure Historical Society is looking for about a dozen people, each with three hours a month to spare and a willingness to meet, greet and assist visitors to Bonaventure Cemetery. Volunteer hours are 10 am to 1 pm and 1 pm to 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Training for the visitors center and to become a BHS tour guide provided. For more information, go to our website, www.bonaventurehistorical. org. ongoing. savannahga.gov/cityweb/ cemeteriesweb.nsf/cemeteries/ bonaventure.html. Bonaventure Cemetery, 330 Bonaventure Rd. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR DOG FOSTER CARE GRRR (Georgia Rescue, Rehabilitation and Relocation) is in need of volunteers for its dog Foster Care Program. Fostering gives animals a second chance at life and allows them to receive temporary care from loving foster parents before finding their forever homes. It is a rewarding experience for both humans and pets in need. Please contact Kathryn at 912-656-5900 for more info. ongoing. No physical address given, none. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR GEORGIA REGIONAL HOSPITAL’S COMMUNITY GARDEN Georgia Regional Hospital is in need of volunteers for their community garden. Contact Jessica Mathis at 912-356-2826 or email her at jessica.mathis@dbhdd.ga.gov. ongoing. Georgia Regional Hospital, 1915 Eisenhower Drive. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR HOSPICE SAVANNAH Once a nurse, always a nurse! Hospice Savannah is recruiting retired RN’s with GA licensure to volunteer to provide assessment and evaluation assistance to staff RN’s at Hospice House. No charting in the EMR and no drug administration necessary! Volunteer training is provided on the 2nd Monday of every other month and competency check-off’s subsequently offered. Come volunteer with our patients and families on one day a month for 3-4 hours. Please call Volunteer Services at 912.355.2289 for more information. ongoing. hospicesavannah.org/. Share your love, friendship and empathy with caregivers and hospice patients in their homes or nursing homes. Hospice Savannah is seeking caring volunteers to provide companionship and caregiver respite throughout Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, Liberty and Long counties. There are also opportunities to volunteer in our Hospice House on Eisenhower Drive, in our administrative offices or at Full Circle Grief and Loss Center off Chatham
Parkway. Please complete an application on-line at www.HospiceSavannah.org/ volunteer or call the volunteer department at 912.355.2289 for more information. No prior experience is needed - just a loving heart. Volunteer training is offered every two months. ongoing. hospicesavannah. org/. Hospice Savannah, 1352 Eisenhower Dr. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR ONE LOVE ANIMAL RESCUE One Love Animal Rescue is seeking members for its Board of Directors. Candidates must have a passion for the mission and be able to commit at least 5-8 hours per month. Current needs include accountant, attorney, veterinarian, social media expertise, fundraising experience and contacts, and public relations experience. One Love is also seeking various volunteer positions. Email karrie@ oneloveanimalrescue.com for more information or if you are interested in any of the positions. ongoing. Downtown Savannah, downtown. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR SAVANNAH JAZZ FESTIVAL Volunteers are needed for the Savannah Jazz Festival, taking place Sept. 22-28. Opportunities include artist’s green room, beverage serving, wristband ticket sales, VIP catering support, VIP area attendants, merchandise sales, membership sales, and survey conducting. Through Sep. 22. CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR THE TYBEE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND LIGHTHOUSE Volunteers are the backbone to the Tybee Island Historical Society and Lighthouse. Because we are a non-profit we rely on volunteers to help us succeed everyday. If you’re interested in volunteering at the lighthouse please call Gus Rehnstrom at 912-785-5801 or email lhvolunteers@ yahoo.com. For more information visit: www.tybeelighthouse.org. ongoing. tybeelighthouse.org/. Tybee Island Lighthouse, 30 Meddin Ave. DOCENTS AND VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AT FLANNERY O’CONNOR HOUSE Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home seeks additional volunteers and volunteer docents to help on Fridays and Saturdays, 1p-4pm, and for possible extended hours. Duties: greet visitors, handle admissions, conduct merchandise sales and help with tours. Docent training and written narratives for reference during tours are provided. ongoing. 912-233-6014. haborrello@aol. com. flanneryoconnorhome.org. Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home, 207 E. Charlton Street. DOLPHIN PROJECT SEEKS VOLUNTEERS Dolphin Project needs boat owners, photographers, and other volunteers to help with scientific research on the Atlantic Bottlenose dolphin along coastal Georgia. Must be age 18 or older. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-232-6572. thedolphinproject.org. GOOD SAMARITAN HEALTH CLINIC St. Joseph’s/Candler’s Good Samaritan Clinic in Garden City needs volunteer nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, Spanish interpreters and
clerical staff. The clinic serves people without insurance and those whose income is less than 200 percent of the federal poverty level. Call to volunteer. ongoing. 912-964-4326. HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED IN CHATHAM AND OTHER COASTAL COUNTIES Island Hospice, THA Group’s nonprofit hospice service, seeks volunteers for patient socialization and caregiver respite. Also seeking nonpatient contact volunteers who can contribute by providing services including, but not limited to, office work, crafting, sewing, light yard work, housekeeping, playing guitar for patients, and licensed hairdressers. Serving patients in Chatham, Bryan, Bulloch, Effingham, Liberty, Camden, Glynn, McIntosh, and Screven Counties in Georgia, and Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Charleston, Colleton Counties in South Carolina. See website or email or call for info. ongoing. 888-8424463. kbuttimer@thagroup.org. thagroup. org. LIVE OAK PUBLIC LIBRARIES Volunteers needed to assist in a variety of ways at its branches in Chatham, Effingham, and Liberty Counties. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-652-3661. liveoakpl.org. MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED St. Joseph’s/Candler’s St. Mary’s Health Center, a free clinic serving the uninsured, seeks physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, lab techs, and patient care techs. Non-clinical volunteers needed to to schedule appointments. Contact Stephanie Alston. ongoing. 912-443-9409. St. Joseph’s/Candler--St. Mary’s Health Center, 1302 Drayton St. OATLAND ISLAND WILDLIFE CENTER Oatland Island Wildlife Center often needs volunteers. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-395-1500. oatlandisland.org. oatlandisland.org/. Oatland Island Wildlife Center, 711 Sandtown Rd. PRE-SCHOOL VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Seeking early childhood education majors, retired elementary teachers and/ or community residents to help 3 & 4 year olds with language development skills. Mon.-Fri., 9am-12noon. Call for info. ongoing. 912-447-0578. sjchs.org/1969. cfm. St. Mary’s Community Center and Health Center, 812 W 36th St. RETIRED AND SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Share time and talents through the RSVP program of the Equal Opportunity Authority. Seniors 55 and older serve in various community organizations. Call for information. ongoing. 912-238-2960 x123. RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE Help in the “home away from home” for families of hospitalized children. Volunteers needed to provide home-cooked meals for families at the house. Volunteer internships available for college students. Call or see website for info. ongoing. 912-356-5520. rmhccoastalempire.org. rmhccoastalempire.org/. Ronald McDonald House, 4710 Waters Avenue.
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